Glasgow vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1938
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$462
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	93	53
😀 Quality of life	94	71
🏙️ Population	626K	9.4M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 216% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 1712th and 7431st ($2121 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 80th 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 Ningbo. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Ningbo ranked 26th in China, while ranked 42nd and 3738th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Ningbo

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	Glasgow	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$599
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$357
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$7.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$4479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$2802
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$14.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$4.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$10.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$9.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$4.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$4.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$21.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$4.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$66.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$693
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$15051

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$584
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$680
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$594
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$860
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1126
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1002
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$667
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$677
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$696
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$643
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$669
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$598
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$644
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$683
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$697
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$763
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$620
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$684
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$652
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$557
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$705
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$650
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$644
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$652
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$623
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$636
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$617
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$646
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$604
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$611
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$628
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$647
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$626
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$525