Luxembourg City vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$2532
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$462
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$581
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	95
😀 Quality of life	89	65
🏙️ Population	136K	11.5M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 151% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 870th and 5654th ($2446 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Luxembourg and Brazil, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 0.6 months in Sao Paulo. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 199th and 4281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Sao Paulo

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	Luxembourg City	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$6.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$1051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$43.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$65.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	11.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$2420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$1633
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$7.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$7.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$4.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$25.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$78.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$527
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$14254

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$662
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$647
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$618
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$661
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$636
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$703
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$621
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$605
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$612
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$600
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$614
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$628
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$615
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$603
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$568
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$615
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$732
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$607
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$609
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$611