Luxembourg City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Luxembourg City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2926	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6423	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$1964	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$3248	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$696	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5332	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	29	96
😀 Quality of life	87	72
🏙️ Population	138K	13.3M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 85% more expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 270th and 3728th ($2926 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Luxembourg and Russia, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Luxembourg City compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 350th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Moscow

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	Luxembourg City	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.3	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.3	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.7	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.1	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.13	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1923	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3538	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2749	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13023	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8923	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.7	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.1	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.2	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.99	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.87	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$26.9	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.09	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.3	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.3	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.5	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18882	$17546

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2586
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2637
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2512
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2431
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1844
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1744
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1536
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1550
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1569
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1535
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1533
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1470
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1515
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1492
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1508
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1684
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1605
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1501
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1507
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1675
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1538
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1501
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1358
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1663
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1650
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1643
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1647
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1731
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1612
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1735
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1635
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1653
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1681
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1759
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1582
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1592
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1644
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1676

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791