Edinburgh vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	88	98
😀 Quality of life	94	93
🏙️ Population	488K	1.97M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 16% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1491st and 2270th ($2140 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th 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 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 34th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Vienna

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	Edinburgh	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$18199

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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