Luxembourg City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Luxembourg City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2926	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6423	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$1964	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$3248	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$696	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5332	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	29	90
😀 Quality of life	87	94
🏙️ Population	138K	1.51M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 17% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 270th and 889th ($2926 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Luxembourg and Germany, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 350th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Munich

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	Luxembourg City	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24.3	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.3	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.7	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.1	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.13	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1923	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3538	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2749	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13023	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8923	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.7	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.1	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.2	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.99	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.87	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$26.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.09	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.3	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.3	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.5	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18882	$16629

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748