Luxembourg City vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2776	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6075	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1866	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$3059	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	29	98
😀 Quality of life	89	95
🏙️ Population	136K	1.97M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 30% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 433rd and 1640th ($2776 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Luxembourg and Austria, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 279th and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Vienna

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	Luxembourg City	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.64	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1583	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3349	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2590	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.1	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.47%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12143	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8764	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.64	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.8	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.93	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.91	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.1	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.34	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.65	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.5	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.9	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16342	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946