Detroit vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Detroit	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2064	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4936	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2122	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3270	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	77	98
😀 Quality of life	86	93
🏙️ Population	639K	1.97M

The cost of living in Detroit is 12% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1678th and 2270th ($2064 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1488th and 1st in the United States and Austria, respectively. Check the United States vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Detroit compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Detroit ranked 83rd best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 315th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Detroit vs Vienna

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	Detroit	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.3	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.59	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1182	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$960	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2340	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1705	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.6	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1377	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1283	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.9	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.05	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.09	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.76	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.93	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.48	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.7	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.9	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1288	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16893	$18199

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Cities near Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2070
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2086
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1786
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2017
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2102
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1957
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2071
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1936
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2093
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2062
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2022
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2083
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2030
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2087
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$2032
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1724
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2059
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$2040
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1940
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1963
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2077
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2081
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2390
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2019
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2288
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1837
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1706
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2238
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1778
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1593
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1607
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1943
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1527

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