Luxembourg vs Prague for couples
Luxembourg and Prague, in Czechia, are about 596 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. Luxembourg leads on safety, healthcare, internet speed and getting by in English; Prague on cost and tax.
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Side by side
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
Prague is cheaper: we estimate about €2,921 a month for a couple living centrally, against €4,187 in Luxembourg. That is €1,266 a month, or 30%, less.
Taxes
Prague has the lighter tax load: Czechia is in our low to medium tax tier, Luxembourg in our high tax tier.
Climate
Both average 11°C over the year. Prague is drier, with about 500 mm of rain a year against 832 mm in Luxembourg (40% less).
Safety
Luxembourg is the safer pick: Luxembourg scores 80 out of 100 on safety, 6 points above Czechia (74).
Healthcare
Luxembourg has the stronger healthcare: Luxembourg scores 82 out of 100 on healthcare, 12 points above Czechia (70).
Internet
Luxembourg has faster home internet: about 150 Mbps median fixed download against about 90 Mbps in Prague.
Language
Main languages: Luxembourgish, French, German in Luxembourg; Czech in Prague. English goes further in Luxembourg (good English) than in Prague (some English).
Residency and visas
Both are rated possible, with conditions for long-term residency for people from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland. The cheapest self-funded income route we track starts at about $3,221 a month in Luxembourg and $940 in Czechia. Citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland have freedom-of-movement or simplified residency rights in both. For short visits, 93 of 198 passports can enter Luxembourg visa-free and 93 can enter Czechia.
Which one fits a couple
If one of you puts safety (80 against 74 out of 100), healthcare (82 against 70 out of 100), internet speed (150 Mbps against 90 Mbps) and getting by in English (good English against some English) first, Luxembourg comes out ahead. If the other cares more about cost (€2,921 against €4,187 a month) and tax (low to medium tax against high tax), Prague does.
Climate can pull the two of you apart too: whoever minds rain will prefer Prague (500 mm a year against 832 mm).
Size differs too: Luxembourg is a smaller city (under 250,000 people) and Prague a large one (1 to 5 million people).
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