Luxembourg City vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$3560
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	29	90
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	136K	1.51M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 11% more expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 870th and 1352nd ($2446 vs $2201) 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 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 199th and 54th 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	$18.8	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560