Leipzig vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leipzig	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1516	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3783	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$764	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$1542	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$505	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2738	$3761
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	72	53
😀 Quality of life	92	89
🏙️ Population	620K	140K

The cost of living in Leipzig is 48% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 3353rd and 200th ($1516 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 271st and 1st in Germany and Iceland, respectively. Check Germany vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Leipzig compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Leipzig ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 87th and 194th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Leipzig vs Reykjavik 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/leipzig/reykjavik.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Leipzig vs Reykjavik infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/leipzig/reykjavik" target="_blank">Leipzig vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Leipzig vs Reykjavik

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

	Leipzig	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.3	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.42	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$687	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1640	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1119	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3984	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2535	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.2	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.45	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.97	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.22	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.1	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.9	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9452	$2532

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006