Luxembourg City vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	29	92
😀 Quality of life	89	86
🏙️ Population	136K	2.75M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 42% more expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 870th and 2624th ($2446 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Luxembourg and Italy, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 199th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Rome

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	Luxembourg City	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$9864

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201