Madrid vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Madrid	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1889	$1965
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4256	$4756
🏠 One person rent	$1111	$1021
🏘️ Family rent	$1849	$1866
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$2834
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	98	98
😀 Quality of life	90	94
🏙️ Population	3.33M	1.97M

The cost of living in Madrid is 4% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 2194th and 1964th ($1889 vs $1965) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Spain and Austria, respectively. Check Spain vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Madrid compared to 1.4 months in Vienna. Madrid ranked 1st best city to live in Spain vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 149th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Madrid vs Vienna

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	Madrid	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.7	$67.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.18	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.93	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1256	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$911	$716
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2211	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$1351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$152	$331
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.1	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.68%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6496	$9775
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4015	$6353
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.85	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.24	$4.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.47	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.49	$8.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.16	$6.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.71	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.3	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.1	$106
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$585	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10462	$15069

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Cities near Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1776
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1567
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1526
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1592
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1471
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1396
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1444
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1122
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1289
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1333
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1162
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1259
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1287
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1262
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1127
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$974
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1169
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1260
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1220
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1037
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1217
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1317
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$1016
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$1019
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1314
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1316
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1461
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1186
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1600
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1337
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$1013
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1258
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1165
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1271
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$863
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1284
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1260
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1581

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1772
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1307
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$860
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$989
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1136
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1051
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1197
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$789
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$788
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1344
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1436
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1211
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1062
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1067
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1016
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1150
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1764
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1563
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1220
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1137
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1690
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1616
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1604
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$938
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898