Band D · all 32 Scottish councils
How much is Band D council tax?
Band D costs between £2,031 and £2,319 a year in Scotland depending on your council, water and waste water included.
What this means
A Band D home pays about £184.35 a month in a typical Scottish council area.
Band D is 360/360of your council's Band D rate. That fraction is fixed by law and identical in every council.
Scotland only. Bands and rates work differently in England and Wales.
Every council
Band D in all 32 Scottish councils
A year, water included
1Midlothian£2,3192Aberdeen City£2,2893Argyll and Bute£2,2784Stirling£2,2645Glasgow City£2,2636East Ayrshire£2,2597Dundee City£2,2588East Dunbartonshire£2,2529Clackmannanshire£2,24710East Lothian£2,23211Falkirk£2,22912Orkney Islands£2,22713Moray£2,22614Renfrewshire£2,22515South Ayrshire£2,22216City of Edinburgh£2,21617West Dunbartonshire£2,21218North Ayrshire£2,20619Inverclyde£2,20420Perth and Kinross£2,18921Aberdeenshire£2,18522East Renfrewshire£2,18123Highland£2,17924West Lothian£2,16825Fife£2,15126Scottish Borders£2,14427Angus£2,11428Dumfries and Galloway£2,10729North Lanarkshire£2,10530Na h-Eileanan Siar£2,04031Shetland Islands£2,03932South Lanarkshire£2,031
Other bands
Not sure which band you are? Check with your postcode, or look the property up free on the Scottish Assessors site.
Straight answers
Questions people ask
How much is Band D council tax?
It depends on the council. Across Scotland, Band D runs from £2,031 a year in South Lanarkshire to £2,319 in Midlothian, water included — about £184.35 a month in a typical area.
How much is Band D council tax a month?
Between £169.26 and £193.21 a month over 12 instalments. Most Scottish councils spread it over 10 from April to January instead, so payments are larger but February and March are free.
Does Band D council tax include water?
Your bill does. At Band D Scottish Water charges £301.95 for water and £350.37 for waste water, £652.32 in total, collected with the council tax.
Where these figures come from
- Council Tax by band 2025-26, council tax datasets — Scottish Government
- Your charges explained 2026-27 — Scottish Water
Council tax 2025-26, water and waste water 2026-27. Some councils have announced rises for 2026-27 that are not in the national dataset yet.