London vs Luxembourg for couples

London, in the United Kingdom, and Luxembourg are about 490 km apart. Every figure below comes from the data behind our city pages: an estimated monthly cost for a couple, tax tier, annual climate, safety, healthcare, internet speed, language and residency rules. London leads on getting by in English; Luxembourg on safety, healthcare and internet speed.

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Side by side

Factor	London	Luxembourg
Country	United Kingdom	Luxembourg
Size	Major: over 5 million people	Smaller: under 250,000 people
Setting	Coastal	Inland
Est. cost for a couple	€4,315 a month	€4,187 a month
Tax tier	High tax	High tax
Average temperature	11°C	11°C
Rainfall	669 mm a year	832 mm a year
Safety	56 / 100	80 / 100
Healthcare	74 / 100	82 / 100
Internet (median fixed)	~110 Mbps	~150 Mbps
Main languages	English	Luxembourgish, French, German
English	English everywhere	Good English
Long-term residency	Possible, with conditions	Possible, with conditions
Self-funded income route	None tracked	From $3,221 a month
Visa-free short visits	35 of 198 passports	93 of 198 passports

Source: the datasets behind our city pages. Cost is our model estimate (a country-level cost index scaled for city size); tax tiers are assigned by hand from each country's top marginal income tax rate and overall tax reputation; temperature from the Open-Meteo archive (2019 to 2023 averages); rainfall from TerraClimate (1991 to 2020 normals); safety and healthcare are our own country-level estimates; internet from the Ookla Speedtest Global Index; English from the EF English Proficiency Index; residency from our hand-reviewed residency dataset (not legal advice); short-stay entry from the passport-index dataset.

Factor by factor

Cost of living

Close on cost: we estimate about €4,315 a month for a couple living centrally in London and €4,187 in Luxembourg.

Taxes

A tie: the United Kingdom and Luxembourg both sit in our high tax tier.

Climate

Both average 11°C over the year. London is drier, with about 669 mm of rain a year against 832 mm in Luxembourg (20% less).

Safety

Luxembourg is the safer pick: Luxembourg scores 80 out of 100 on safety, 24 points above the United Kingdom (56).

Healthcare

Luxembourg has the stronger healthcare: Luxembourg scores 82 out of 100 on healthcare, 8 points above the United Kingdom (74).

Internet

Luxembourg has faster home internet: about 150 Mbps median fixed download against about 110 Mbps in London.

Language

Main languages: English in London; Luxembourgish, French, German in Luxembourg. English goes further in London (English everywhere) than in Luxembourg (good English).

Residency and visas

Both are rated possible, with conditions for long-term residency. Luxembourg has a self-funded route from about $3,221 a month in income; we track no income-based route for the United Kingdom. For short visits, 35 of 198 passports can enter the United Kingdom visa-free and 93 can enter Luxembourg.

Which one fits a couple

If one of you puts getting by in English (English everywhere against good English) first, London comes out ahead. If the other cares more about safety (80 against 56 out of 100), healthcare (82 against 74 out of 100) and internet speed (150 Mbps against 110 Mbps), Luxembourg does.

Size differs too: London is a major city (over 5 million people) and Luxembourg a smaller one (under 250,000 people). London is coastal; Luxembourg is inland.

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