Dusseldorf vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dusseldorf	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1772	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4419	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$985	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$495	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$158	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3209	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	92	98
😀 Quality of life	95	93
🏙️ Population	631K	1.97M

The cost of living in Dusseldorf is 4% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 2469th and 2270th ($1772 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in Germany and Austria, respectively. Check Germany vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Dusseldorf compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Dusseldorf ranked 4th best city to live in Germany vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 27th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dusseldorf vs Vienna

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	Dusseldorf	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.58	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.95	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$930	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1883	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1479	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6638	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5584	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.47	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.4	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.89	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.87	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.02	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.4	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$721	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21276	$18199

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Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1495
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1497
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1516
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1500
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1522
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1479
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1561
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1476
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1517
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1444
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1490
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1433
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1471
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1428
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1314
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1580
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1434
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1511
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1572
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1469
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1485
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1439
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1445
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1233
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1460
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1494
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1443
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1518
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1367
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1435
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1444
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1744

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