Luxembourg City vs Meru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Meru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$1478
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$181
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$37.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	69 km
🎓 Higher education	29	29
😀 Quality of life	89	27
🏙️ Population	136K	42.7K

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 352% more expensive than in Meru. Cities ranked 870th and 8317th ($2446 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Luxembourg and Kenya, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 0.8 months in Meru. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Meru ranked 9th in Kenya, while ranked 199th and 8421st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Meru

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	Luxembourg City	Meru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$5.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$38.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$6.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$199
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$516
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$263
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$30.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$37.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	14.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$1251
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$28.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$4.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$0.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$3.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$2.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$6.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$20.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$19
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$59.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$189
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$8023

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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 Meru

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 85 mi	Thika	$589
175 km or 109 mi	Nairobi	$760
179 km or 111 mi	Machakos	$408
180 km or 112 mi	Nakuru	$500
268 km or 167 mi	Eldoret	$483
323 km or 201 mi	Kisumu	$522
354 km or 220 mi	Mumias	$490
378 km or 235 mi	Moshi	$561
392 km or 244 mi	Tororo	$602
395 km or 245 mi	Arusha	$638
403 km or 250 mi	Mbale	$605
455 km or 283 mi	Malindi	$498
496 km or 308 mi	Jinja	$562
508 km or 316 mi	Mombasa	$580
559 km or 347 mi	Kira Town	$646
564 km or 351 mi	Kampala	$698
577 km or 359 mi	Entebbe	$558
591 km or 367 mi	Tanga	$545
600 km or 373 mi	Mwanza	$625
666 km or 414 mi	Gulu	$594
712 km or 442 mi	Stone Town	$523
712 km or 443 mi	Zanzibar	$552
732 km or 455 mi	Dodoma	$502
749 km or 465 mi	Baidoa	$706
764 km or 475 mi	Morogoro	$486
783 km or 486 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
784 km or 487 mi	Awasa	$886
819 km or 509 mi	Arua	$585
840 km or 522 mi	Bunia	$801
852 km or 529 mi	Jimma	$654
852 km or 530 mi	Kasese	$573
858 km or 533 mi	Juba	$513
862 km or 536 mi	Byumba	$613
873 km or 542 mi	Kigali	$771
875 km or 544 mi	Muyinga	$650
883 km or 549 mi	Mogadishu	$711
907 km or 563 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
911 km or 566 mi	Ruyigi	$648
911 km or 566 mi	Beni	$785
918 km or 570 mi	Nyanza	$518