Birmingham vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	96	98
😀 Quality of life	94	93
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.97M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 6% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1973rd and 2270th ($1951 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Austria, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 35th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Vienna

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	Birmingham	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$18199

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987