Chennai vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chennai	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$430	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1140	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$152	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$346	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.4	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$848	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	78	98
😀 Quality of life	66	93
🏙️ Population	6.6M	1.97M

The cost of living in Chennai is 77% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 8897th and 2270th ($430 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in India and Austria, respectively. Check India vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Chennai compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Chennai ranked 4th best city to live in India vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 4021st and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chennai vs Vienna

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	Chennai	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.83	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$102	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$470	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$254	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.3	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.23%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1935	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$767	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.4	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.84	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.91	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.67	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.82	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.03	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.86	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$26.2	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.6	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.7	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1573	$18199

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Cities near Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$315
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$258
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$354
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$360
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$514
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$306
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$346
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$367
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$355
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$338
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$304
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$302
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$533
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$311
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$375
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$359
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$304
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$295
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$351
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$292
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$316
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$280
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$300
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$354
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$349
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$316
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$311
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$304
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$310
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$339
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$366
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$298
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$330
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$272
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$307
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$272
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$292
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$306

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