Glasgow vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$885
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$2044
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$334
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$98.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	93	29
😀 Quality of life	94	45
🏙️ Population	626K	1.58M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 140% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 1712th and 6426th ($2121 vs $885) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 112th in the United Kingdom and Mexico, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.6 months in Leon. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Leon ranked 56th in Mexico, while ranked 42nd and 7210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Leon

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	Glasgow	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$16.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$2.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$1.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$759
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$40.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	11.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$1993
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$1323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$35.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$9.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$4.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$6.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$4.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$75.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$205
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$3118

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$914
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$817
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$910
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$950
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$894
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$803
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$952
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$990
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$983
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$1023
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$1241
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$926
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$1044
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1241
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1280
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$664
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$946
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$866
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$1007
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$986
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$806
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$934
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$917
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$975
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$1157
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842