Luxembourg City vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2776	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6075	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$1866	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$3059	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	29	100
😀 Quality of life	89	77
🏙️ Population	136K	24.9M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 146% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 433rd and 4879th ($2776 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Luxembourg and China, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Luxembourg City compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 279th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Shanghai

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	Luxembourg City	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.64	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1583	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3349	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2590	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.1	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.47%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12143	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8764	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.64	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.8	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.93	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.91	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.1	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.34	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.65	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.5	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.9	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16342	$27624

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2515
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2564
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2439
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2361
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1809
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1646
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1725
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1463
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1457
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1526
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1451
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1479
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1476
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1482
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1479
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1676
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1561
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1484
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1484
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1664
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1478
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1538
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1324
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1664
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1644
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1599
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1689
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1619
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1695
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1633
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1662
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1691
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1777
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1580
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1599
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1668
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1689

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753