Helsinki vs Luxembourg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Helsinki	Luxembourg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$2446
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4167	$5564
🏠 One person rent	$918	$1630
🏘️ Family rent	$1517	$2795
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$77.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3006	$5865
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	78	29
😀 Quality of life	95	89
🏙️ Population	676K	136K

The cost of living in Helsinki is 26% less expensive than in Luxembourg City. Cities ranked 2353rd and 870th ($1816 vs $2446) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Finland and Luxembourg, respectively. Check Finland vs Luxembourg comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Helsinki compared to 2.4 months in Luxembourg City. Helsinki ranked 1st best city to live in Finland vs Luxembourg City ranked 1st in Luxembourg, while ranked 26th and 199th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Helsinki vs Luxembourg City infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/helsinki/luxembourg-city.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Helsinki vs Luxembourg City infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/helsinki/luxembourg-city" target="_blank">Helsinki vs Luxembourg City - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Helsinki vs Luxembourg City

Prices for goods and services in Helsinki and Luxembourg City are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Helsinki	Luxembourg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.4	$81.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.29	$6.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.73	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$3.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$796	$1371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1796	$2984
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1297	$2384
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.9	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.4	$242
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.8	$48.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.1%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8076	$10994
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4860	$7751
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$3.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.3	$31.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$2.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.66	$4.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$18.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$9.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.05	$1.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.1	$6.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$4.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.14	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.2	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79.4	$53
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$29.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.3	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$345	$1477
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9361	$16923

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Helsinki

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Vantaa	$1671
16 km or 9.7 mi	Espoo	$1879
26 km or 16 mi	Tuusula	$1509
27 km or 17 mi	Kerava	$1486
29 km or 18 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
33 km or 21 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
34 km or 21 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
47 km or 29 mi	Porvoo	$1327
49 km or 30 mi	Lohja	$1220
51 km or 32 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
63 km or 39 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
78 km or 48 mi	Maardu	$1219
83 km or 51 mi	Tallinn	$1414
86 km or 53 mi	Raseborg	$1441
96 km or 59 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
98 km or 61 mi	Lahti	$1398
102 km or 63 mi	Salo	$1396
115 km or 72 mi	Kotka	$1286
122 km or 76 mi	Rakvere	$899
124 km or 77 mi	Kouvola	$1355
131 km or 81 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
132 km or 82 mi	Hamina	$1329
143 km or 89 mi	Kaarina	$1450
150 km or 93 mi	Turku	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Raisio	$1450
157 km or 98 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
160 km or 100 mi	Tampere	$1464
164 km or 102 mi	Nokia	$1432
169 km or 105 mi	Ylojarvi	$1426
170 km or 106 mi	Sastamala	$1391
181 km or 113 mi	Sillamae	$952
188 km or 117 mi	Jamsa	$1394
201 km or 125 mi	Parnu	$1064
203 km or 126 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
203 km or 126 mi	Narva	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Viljandi	$933
210 km or 131 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
214 km or 133 mi	Rauma	$1254
224 km or 139 mi	Pori	$1239
224 km or 139 mi	Tartu	$1045

Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2266
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2330
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2205
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2160
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1584
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1363
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1351
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1348
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1359
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1339
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1351
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1352
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1359
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1364
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1368
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1528
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1333
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1371
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1368
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1194
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1356
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1182
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1486
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1486
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1393
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1399
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1478
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1400
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1479
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1502
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1490
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1507
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1553
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1413
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1476
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1477
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1500