Glasgow vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Glasgow	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2013	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4848	$1979
🏠 One person rent	$1146	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$2071	$1047
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3562	$910
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	82
😀 Quality of life	96	64
🏙️ Population	626K	15.4M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 181% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 1833rd and 6838th ($2013 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and India, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Glasgow compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Glasgow ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mumbai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 19th and 4476th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Mumbai

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	Glasgow	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.4	$24.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.22	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.44	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1254	$538
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$882	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2451	$1611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$817
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.7	$8.63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.48%	8.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3909	$7369
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3280	$3505
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.79	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.9	$8.39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$3.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.71	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.6	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.01	$1.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$24.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.3	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$2.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$60.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1167	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12979	$2724

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$484
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$396
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$288
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$519
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$346
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$312
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$284
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$785
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$394
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$406
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$332
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$310
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$294
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$357
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$348
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$491
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$409
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$402
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$488
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$399
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$429
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$391
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$344
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$357
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$254
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$335
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$304
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$402
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$379
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$327
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$364
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$283