Band G · all 32 Scottish councils
How much is Band G council tax?
Band G costs between £3,787 and £4,350 a year in Scotland depending on your council, water and waste water included.
What this means
A Band G home pays about £345.16 a month in a typical Scottish council area.
Band G is 705/360of 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 G in all 32 Scottish councils
A year, water included
1Midlothian£4,3502Aberdeen City£4,2923Argyll and Bute£4,2714Stirling£4,2445Glasgow City£4,2426East Ayrshire£4,2337Dundee City£4,2318East Dunbartonshire£4,2209Clackmannanshire£4,21010East Lothian£4,18011Falkirk£4,17512Orkney Islands£4,17113Moray£4,16914Renfrewshire£4,16715South Ayrshire£4,16116City of Edinburgh£4,14917West Dunbartonshire£4,14218North Ayrshire£4,13019Inverclyde£4,12520Perth and Kinross£4,09721Aberdeenshire£4,08922East Renfrewshire£4,08023Highland£4,07824West Lothian£4,05525Fife£4,02226Scottish Borders£4,00827Angus£3,94928Dumfries and Galloway£3,93729North Lanarkshire£3,93230Na h-Eileanan Siar£3,80531Shetland Islands£3,80332South Lanarkshire£3,787
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 G council tax?
It depends on the council. Across Scotland, Band G runs from £3,787 a year in South Lanarkshire to £4,350 in Midlothian, water included — about £345.16 a month in a typical area.
How much is Band G council tax a month?
Between £315.62 and £362.51 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 G council tax include water?
Your bill does. At Band G Scottish Water charges £503.25 for water and £583.95 for waste water, £1,087.20 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.