Glasgow vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$1071
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	94	49
😀 Quality of life	95	56
🏙️ Population	626K	7.1M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 195% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 1833rd and 7113th ($2058 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 51st 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 52nd and 6213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Yantai

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	Glasgow	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$12503

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688