Esch-sur-Alzette
- Population
- 37,000
- Coordinates
- 49.50° N, 5.98° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Luxembourg
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $3,102 a month in Esch-sur-Alzette, rent included: 48% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,841 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Esch-sur-Alzette; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%69
- Safetycountry20%58
- Health carecountry15%60
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%63
- Connectivitycountry10%52
- Cost10%7
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Esch-sur-Alzette | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $22.96 | $25.00 | −8% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $57.40 | $140 | −59% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $15.50 | $14.00 | +11% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $4.30 | $8.00 | −46% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $3.73 | $10.00 | −63% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.78 | $6.37 | −25% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.49 | $3.80 | −34% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.58 | $2.89 | −11% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.87 | $1.36 | +38% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $3.83 | $4.68 | −18% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.41 | $6.97 | −51% |
| Eggs (12) | $4.59 | $5.73 | −20% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $31.57 | $17.38 | +82% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $16.07 | $15.11 | +6% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $26.79 | $17.77 | +51% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.70 | $6.11 | −56% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.03 | $2.20 | −8% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $3.04 | $5.77 | −47% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.44 | $6.25 | −45% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $3.33 | $3.47 | −4% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.12 | $4.17 | −49% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.95 | $2.72 | −28% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.10 | $2.50 | −56% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $10.33 | $20.00 | −48% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $4.02 | $3.21 | +25% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $4.59 | $3.96 | +16% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $6.89 | $19.00 | −64% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.00 | $3.00 | −100% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $0.00 | $140 | −100% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $11.48 | $3.00 | +283% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $3.73 | $2.18 | +71% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $45.92 | $42.00 | +9% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.93 | $1.10 | +75% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | — | $35,458 | — |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | — | $25,309 | — |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $33.00 | $73.50 | −55% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $91.26 | $71.93 | +27% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $43.05 | $126 | −66% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $16.07 | $23.00 | −30% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $1,550 | $3,366 | −54% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | — | $60,589 | — |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $70.79 | $72.80 | −3% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $40.18 | $53.22 | −25% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $132 | $118 | +12% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $158 | $125 | +26% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,875 | $4,417 | −58% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,416 | $3,033 | −53% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $3,501 | $9,242 | −62% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,927 | $5,461 | −46% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $7,519 | $18,759 | −60% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $6,256 | $6,523 | −4% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,841 | $5,178 | −26% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.26% | 6.49% | −3.2 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $1,875 | $3,841 |
| Apr 2026 | 82.8 | $1,663 | $3,919 |
| Dec 2025 | 83.2 | $1,688 | $3,941 |
| May 2025 | 79.0 | $1,603 | $3,743 |
| Dec 2024 | 73.5 | $1,491 | $3,479 |
| Sep 2024 | 70.1 | $1,591 | $3,472 |
| Aug 2024 | 67.0 | $1,602 | $3,433 |
| Jul 2024 | 62.9 | $1,564 | $3,352 |
| Jun 2024 | 63.5 | $1,577 | $3,354 |
| May 2024 | 61.1 | $1,563 | $3,318 |
| Apr 2024 | 61.5 | $1,577 | $3,348 |
| Mar 2024 | 63.2 | $1,584 | $3,327 |
| Feb 2024 | 92.6 | $1,580 | $3,319 |
| Jan 2024 | 72.4 | $1,600 | $3,343 |
| Dec 2023 | 82.9 | $1,615 | $3,359 |
| Nov 2023 | 80.2 | $1,563 | $3,249 |
| Oct 2023 | 80.1 | $1,561 | $3,245 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Luxembourg's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Esch-sur-Alzette yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Esch-sur-Alzette. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Esch-sur-Alzette on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Esch-sur-Alzette yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- —
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Esch-sur-Alzette.
Internet
Luxembourg median; city not listed- Upload
- 127Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 6ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- —Mbps
- Mobile latency
- —ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 9.0Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 18.1Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 5.5%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 3.26%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 13.0Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
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In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 1Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 91%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026