Medellin vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Medellin	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$906	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2260	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$408	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$761	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$275	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$432	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	66	98
😀 Quality of life	53	93
🏙️ Population	2.53M	1.97M

The cost of living in Medellin is 51% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6005th and 2270th ($906 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Colombia and Austria, respectively. Check Colombia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medellin compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6049th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medellin vs Vienna

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	Medellin	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.13	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.21	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$851	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.3	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.9	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1715	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1447	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.79	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.8	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.62	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.4	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.85	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.28	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$64	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5682	$18199

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$897
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$839
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$653
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$705
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$680
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$649
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$605
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$598
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$674
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$709
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$493
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$794
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$664
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$887
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$513
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$563
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$645
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$742
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$666
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$497
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$748
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$650
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$524
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$604
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$722
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$557
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$562
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$599
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$477
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$618

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