Guangzhou vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guangzhou	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$774	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2226	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$352	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$830	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$79	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	97	98
😀 Quality of life	75	93
🏙️ Population	18.7M	1.97M

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 58% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6548th and 2270th ($774 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 1st in China and Austria, respectively. Check China vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Guangzhou compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 1055th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Vienna

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	Guangzhou	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.42	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.2	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.14	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$465	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$655	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.9	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10125	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4029	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.09	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.6	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.18	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.72	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.7	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.58	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$39	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14511	$18199

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650

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