The City of Edinburgh Council council tax 2026/27

Band D council tax in City of Edinburgh for 2026/27 is £1,626.05 per year, which works out at about £135.50 per month over 12 instalments. This is the council tax element only — Scottish Water's water and sewerage charges are billed on top of it.

The full 2026/27 charges in City of Edinburgh are: Band A £1,084.03, Band B £1,264.71, Band C £1,445.38, Band D £1,626.05, Band E £2,136.45, Band F £2,642.33, Band G £3,184.35, Band H £3,983.82. This is the council tax element only — Scottish Water's water and sewerage charges are billed on top of it.

Band A — the lowest band — costs £1,084.03 in City of Edinburgh for 2026/27, about £90.34 per month.

Band H — the highest band — costs £3,983.82 in City of Edinburgh for 2026/27.

Yes — the headline charge in City of Edinburgh changed by +4% compared with 2025/26.

As presented by the council, the figure includes: council tax only (excl Scottish Water). This is the council tax element only — Scottish Water's water and sewerage charges are billed on top of it.

Possibly. If you are the only counted adult in your home you get a 25% single person discount; full-time student households are exempt; adapted homes qualify for a disability band reduction; and every council runs a means-tested Council Tax Reduction scheme. See CouncilData's discounts and exemptions guide for details.

In Scotland you lodge a proposal with your local assessor via the Scottish Assessors Association. It is free, and CouncilData's guide to challenging your band walks through the evidence to gather first.

Directly from the council's own published page ("Council Tax bands charges 2026/2027 - City of Edinburgh Council"), read and independently re-checked on 2026-06-10. Every CouncilData record carries a source URL, a verified date, and passes arithmetic checks against statutory band ratios. Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0).