Glasgow vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1031
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$236
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$544
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	94	5
😀 Quality of life	95	42
🏙️ Population	626K	115K

The cost of living in Glasgow is 390% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 1833rd and 8940th ($2058 vs $420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Bhutan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 52nd and 7547th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Glasgow vs Thimphu infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/glasgow/thimphu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Glasgow vs Thimphu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/glasgow/thimphu" target="_blank">Glasgow vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Glasgow vs Thimphu

Prices for goods and services in Glasgow and Thimphu are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Glasgow	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$17.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$17.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$26.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	10.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$600
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$947
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$1.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$1.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$3.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$43.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$653

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$450
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$308
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$311
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$918
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$316
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$298
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$348
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$321
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$338
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$297
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$981
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$284
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$287
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$297
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$282
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$281
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$321
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$293
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$294
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$352
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$427
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$464
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$362
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$348
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$328
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$300
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$286
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$320
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$289
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$286
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$289