Luxembourg vs Strasbourg for couples

Luxembourg and Strasbourg, in France, are about 164 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 and getting by in English; Strasbourg on cost and internet speed.

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Side by side

Factor	Luxembourg	Strasbourg
Country	Luxembourg	France
Size	Smaller: under 250,000 people	Mid-sized: 250,000 to 1 million people
Setting	Inland	Inland
Est. cost for a couple	€4,187 a month	€3,665 a month
Tax tier	High tax	High tax
Average temperature	11°C	12°C
Rainfall	832 mm a year	687 mm a year
Safety	80 / 100	52 / 100
Healthcare	82 / 100	80 / 100
Internet (median fixed)	~150 Mbps	~230 Mbps
Main languages	Luxembourgish, French, German	French
English	Good English	Some English
Long-term residency	Possible, with conditions	Possible, with conditions
Self-funded income route	From $3,221 a month	From $1,720 a month
Visa-free short visits	93 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

Strasbourg is cheaper: we estimate about €3,665 a month for a couple living centrally, against €4,187 in Luxembourg. That is €522 a month, or 12%, less.

Taxes

A tie: Luxembourg and France both sit in our high tax tier.

Climate

Strasbourg is 1°C warmer on average over the year: 12°C against 11°C in Luxembourg. Strasbourg is drier, with about 687 mm of rain a year against 832 mm in Luxembourg (17% less).

Safety

Luxembourg is the safer pick: Luxembourg scores 80 out of 100 on safety, 28 points above France (52).

Healthcare

Close: Luxembourg scores 82 out of 100 on healthcare and France 80.

Internet

Strasbourg has faster home internet: about 230 Mbps median fixed download against about 150 Mbps in Luxembourg.

Language

Main languages: Luxembourgish, French, German in Luxembourg; French in Strasbourg. English goes further in Luxembourg (good English) than in Strasbourg (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 $1,720 in France. 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 France.

Which one fits a couple

If one of you puts safety (80 against 52 out of 100) and getting by in English (good English against some English) first, Luxembourg comes out ahead. If the other cares more about cost (€3,665 against €4,187 a month) and internet speed (230 Mbps against 150 Mbps), Strasbourg does.

Size differs too: Luxembourg is a smaller city (under 250,000 people) and Strasbourg a mid-sized one (250,000 to 1 million people).

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