Glasgow vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$1006
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	93	27
😀 Quality of life	94	52
🏙️ Population	626K	6.17M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 169% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 1712th and 6807th ($2121 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 30th in the United Kingdom and China, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 42nd and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Maoming

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	Glasgow	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$19015

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943