Glasgow vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$2213
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$5380
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$1126
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$1917
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$678
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$3705
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	93	98
😀 Quality of life	94	94
🏙️ Population	626K	2.03M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 4% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1712th and 1464th ($2121 vs $2213) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd 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 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 42nd and 43rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Vienna

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	Glasgow	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$93.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$3.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$1142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$2056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$1425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$216
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$329
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$37.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	3.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$12058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$6236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$3.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$58.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$7.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$19.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$3.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$166
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$94.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$28817

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1885
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1898
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1829
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1922
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1561
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1451
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1821
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1114
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1804
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1180
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$984
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1284
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1335
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$875
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$930
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1639
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1527
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$1036
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1153
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1566
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1633
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1278
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1391
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1166
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1196
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1312
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1133
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1291
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1708
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1683
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1404
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1247
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1869
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$893
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1818
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1787
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$989