Luxembourg City vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$1651
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	24
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	136K	592K

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 71% more expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 870th and 3759th ($2446 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st in Luxembourg and Spain, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 199th and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Malaga

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	Luxembourg City	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$9532

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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

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449