Brisbane vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$2240
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$5469
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$1157
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$2021
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$669
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$3329
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	66	98
😀 Quality of life	97	93
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.03M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 4% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1241st and 1403rd ($2323 vs $2240) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Austria, respectively. Check Australia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 3rd and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Vienna

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	Brisbane	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$6.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$5.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$3.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$844
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$2069
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$1556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$36.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$13774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$6758
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$4.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$4.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$97.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$28814

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1883
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1862
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1831
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1941
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1590
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1475
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1805
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1172
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1789
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1150
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1230
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$1042
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1257
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1308
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$917
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$974
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1628
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1499
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$967
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1126
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1218
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1409
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1126
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1156
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1265
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1108
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1255
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1681
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1653
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1430
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1201
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1803
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1751
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1701
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1065
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$928