Monaco vs The Hague for couples

Monaco and The Hague, in the Netherlands, are about 956 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. Monaco leads on tax, safety, healthcare and residency rules; The Hague on cost and getting by in English.

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Side by side

Factor	Monaco	The Hague
Country	Monaco	Netherlands
Size	Smaller: under 250,000 people	Mid-sized: 250,000 to 1 million people
Setting	Coastal	Coastal
Est. cost for a couple	€4,088 a month	€3,793 a month
Tax tier	Zero or very low tax	High tax
Average temperature	17°C	11°C
Rainfall	814 mm a year	891 mm a year
Safety	90 / 100	72 / 100
Healthcare	85 / 100	80 / 100
Internet (median fixed)	~200 Mbps	~180 Mbps
Main languages	French	Dutch, English
English	Good English	English everywhere
Long-term residency	Comparatively open	Possible, with conditions
Self-funded income route	None tracked	None tracked
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

The Hague is cheaper: we estimate about €3,793 a month for a couple living centrally, against €4,088 in Monaco. That is €295 a month, or 7%, less.

Taxes

Monaco has the lighter tax load: Monaco is in our zero or very low tax tier, the Netherlands in our high tax tier.

Climate

Monaco is 6°C warmer on average over the year: 17°C against 11°C in The Hague. Rainfall is similar: about 814 mm a year in Monaco and 891 mm in The Hague.

Safety

Monaco is the safer pick: Monaco scores 90 out of 100 on safety, 18 points above the Netherlands (72).

Healthcare

Monaco has the stronger healthcare: Monaco scores 85 out of 100 on healthcare, 5 points above the Netherlands (80).

Internet

Close: about 200 Mbps median fixed download in Monaco and about 180 Mbps in The Hague.

Language

Main languages: French in Monaco; Dutch, English in The Hague. English goes further in The Hague (English everywhere) than in Monaco (good English).

Residency and visas

Long-term residency is easier to obtain in Monaco (comparatively open) than in the Netherlands (possible, with conditions). For short visits, 93 of 198 passports can enter Monaco visa-free and 93 can enter the Netherlands.

Which one fits a couple

If one of you puts tax (zero or very low tax against high tax), safety (90 against 72 out of 100), healthcare (85 against 80 out of 100) and residency rules (comparatively open against possible, with conditions) first, Monaco comes out ahead. If the other cares more about cost (€3,793 against €4,088 a month) and getting by in English (English everywhere against good English), The Hague does.

Climate can pull the two of you apart too: a partner who wants warmth leans toward Monaco (17°C on average), while one who minds the heat leans toward The Hague (11°C).

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

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