🇱🇺 🇧🇪 Living in Luxembourg or in Belgium?

What the choice of country of residence changes when you work in the Grand Duchy: rents, commutes, quality of life and paperwork, compared across the 107 profiled communes on either side.

	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	🇧🇪 Belgium
profiled communes	100	7
median rent, 70 m²	1,650 €	1,000 €
median peak commute	36 min	53 min
median train time	25 min	46 min

Average scores, axis by axis

4.9Quality-of-life score3.6

5.6Quality of life3.7

5.1Transport4.5

5.5Nature4.6

4.4Cost of living7.4

5.7Safety3.6

4.9Culture & going out5.3

5.5Remote work3.4

5.5Schools3.8

5.5Luxembourg commute3.8

Each country's extremes

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

best rated

Photo: Streppel · CC BY-SA 3.0

🇱🇺 Luxembourg-Ville

Luxembourg Canton · 138,215 inh.

6.4

The capital concentrates jobs, culture and the EU institutions. Europe's most international city (70% foreign residents), free public transport, but some of the highest rents on the continent.

Average rent, 70 m²: 2,830 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: You're there

cheapest

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0

🇱🇺 Clervaux

Clervaux Canton · 6,387 inh.

3.2

An Ardennes town nestled around its castle abbey (and the "Family of Man" exhibition). Beautiful and affordable, but far from everything.

Average rent, 70 m²: 1,250 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 67 minby car (peak)52 minby train

closest in

Photo: Streppel · CC BY-SA 3.0

🇱🇺 Luxembourg-Ville

Luxembourg Canton · 138,215 inh.

6.4

The capital concentrates jobs, culture and the EU institutions. Europe's most international city (70% foreign residents), free public transport, but some of the highest rents on the continent.

Average rent, 70 m²: 2,830 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: You're there

🇧🇪 Belgium25,520 cross-border workers into Luxembourg

best rated

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0

🇧🇪 Arlon

Luxembourg Province (Belgium) · 31,165 inh.

4.6

County town of Belgium's Luxembourg province and the main Belgian rear base: direct trains, the E411/A6, respected schools and a still-reasonable housing market.

Average rent, 70 m²: 1,050 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 46 minby car (peak)38 minby train

cheapest

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY-SA 3.0

🇧🇪 Virton

Luxembourg Province (Belgium) · 11,593 inh.

3.2

Capital of the Gaume, with Belgium's reputedly mildest microclimate. Very affordable, very green — but Luxembourg takes real driving.

Average rent, 70 m²: 950 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 68 minby car (peak)65 minby train

closest in

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0

🇧🇪 Arlon

Luxembourg Province (Belgium) · 31,165 inh.

4.6

County town of Belgium's Luxembourg province and the main Belgian rear base: direct trains, the E411/A6, respected schools and a still-reasonable housing market.

Average rent, 70 m²: 1,050 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 46 minby car (peak)38 minby train

Settling in

🇱🇺 Luxembourg4 steps →🇧🇪 Belgium3 steps →

The averages cover the communes profiled here — the band genuinely within reach of Luxembourg City — not the whole country. Comparing France with Belgium on this site means comparing the Moselle and the Pays-Haut with the province of Luxembourg, not Paris with Brussels.