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The 50 cities with the highest home running costs in the United Kingdom

Monthly running cost of an 80 m² home: electricity and heating at current prices, excluding rent.

Lowest
£112
Median
£129
Highest
£154
1,107 Cities

Top 15

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CitiesMonthly running cost
Fort William£154
Perth£151
Hawick£147
Galashiels£147
Nairn£147
Inverness£147
Elgin£147
Westhill£146
Larkhall£146
Dalserf£146
Carluke£146
Kendal£144
Alloa£144
Kirkintilloch£144
Bishopbriggs£144
RankCitiesRegionMonthly running cost
1Fort WilliamHighland£154
2PerthPerth and Kinross£151
3HawickThe Scottish Borders£147
4GalashielsThe Scottish Borders£147
5NairnHighland£147
6InvernessHighland£147
7ElginMoray£147
8WesthillAberdeenshire£146
9LarkhallSouth Lanarkshire£146
10DalserfSouth Lanarkshire£146
11CarlukeSouth Lanarkshire£146
12KendalCumbria£144
13AlloaClackmannanshire£144
14KirkintillochEast Dunbartonshire£144
15BishopbriggsEast Dunbartonshire£144
16GrangemouthFalkirk£144
17FalkirkFalkirk£144
18Bo’nessFalkirk£144
19RosythFife£144
20DunfermlineFife£144
21CowdenbeathFife£144
22WishawNorth Lanarkshire£144
23MotherwellNorth Lanarkshire£144
24MossendNorth Lanarkshire£144
25CumbernauldNorth Lanarkshire£144
26CoatbridgeNorth Lanarkshire£144
27BellshillNorth Lanarkshire£144
28AirdrieNorth Lanarkshire£144
29ViewparkNorth Lanarkshire£144
30RutherglenSouth Lanarkshire£144
31Meikle EarnockSouth Lanarkshire£144
32High BlantyreSouth Lanarkshire£144
33HamiltonSouth Lanarkshire£144
34East KilbrideSouth Lanarkshire£144
35CambuslangSouth Lanarkshire£144
36BlantyreSouth Lanarkshire£144
37StirlingStirling£144
38WhitburnWest Lothian£144
39LivingstonWest Lothian£144
40LinlithgowWest Lothian£144
41BroxburnWest Lothian£144
42BathgateWest Lothian£144
43ArmadaleWest Lothian£144
44HelensburghArgyll and Bute£144
45MilngavieEast Dunbartonshire£144
46BearsdenEast Dunbartonshire£144
47Newton MearnsEast Renfrewshire£144
48GiffnockEast Renfrewshire£144
49BarrheadEast Renfrewshire£144
50GlasgowGlasgow City£144

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Cheapest cities to run a home in the United Kingdom
  1. Penzance£112
  2. Helston£112
  3. Camborne£112
Cities with the highest heating need in the United Kingdom
  1. Fort William3,537
  2. Perth3,378
  3. Hawick3,242
Best cities for solar panels in the United Kingdom
  1. Weymouth1,173 kWh/kWp
  2. Dorchester1,173 kWh/kWp
  3. Portland1,173 kWh/kWp
Cities with the cheapest rents in the United Kingdom
  1. Hartlepool£512
  2. Carlisle£562
  3. Stranraer£562