Medellin vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Medellin	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1071	$2213
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2607	$5380
🏠 One person rent	$514	$1126
🏘️ Family rent	$888	$1917
🍽️ Food expenses	$314	$678
🚐 Transport expenses	$145	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$536	$3705
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	65	98
😀 Quality of life	63	94
🏙️ Population	2.53M	2.03M

The cost of living in Medellin is 52% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5161st and 1464th ($1071 vs $2213) 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 1.7 months in Vienna. Medellin ranked 2nd best city to live in Colombia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5624th and 43rd 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	$6.31	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.2	$93.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.32	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$3.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$1142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$390	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1079	$2056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$695	$1425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.8	$216
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.9	$329
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$37.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.08%	3.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2533	$12058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1334	$6236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$3.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50.8	$58.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.57	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.98	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.82	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.25	$25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.4	$8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$7.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.39	$19.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$3.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.48	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.1	$166
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.2	$94.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7264	$28817

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Cities near Medellin

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Envigado	$992
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Bello	$915
131 km or 82 mi	Manizales	$717
135 km or 84 mi	Quibdo	$757
160 km or 99 mi	Pereira	$789
171 km or 106 mi	Cartago	$738
179 km or 111 mi	Salento	$709
190 km or 118 mi	Armenia	$719
205 km or 127 mi	Ibague	$529
209 km or 130 mi	Facatativa	$777
212 km or 131 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
221 km or 137 mi	Zipaquira	$813
232 km or 144 mi	Girardot	$547
239 km or 148 mi	Soacha	$919
242 km or 150 mi	Turbo	$764
246 km or 153 mi	Bogota	$1062
250 km or 155 mi	Tulua	$537
257 km or 160 mi	Tunja	$667
282 km or 175 mi	Monteria	$703
285 km or 177 mi	Duitama	$1019
288 km or 179 mi	Bucaramanga	$754
289 km or 179 mi	Floridablanca	$744
298 km or 185 mi	Sogamoso	$614
308 km or 192 mi	Buenaventura	$825
312 km or 194 mi	Palmira	$746
318 km or 198 mi	Villavicencio	$575
329 km or 204 mi	Cali	$829
331 km or 206 mi	Ocana	$732
334 km or 208 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$764
340 km or 211 mi	Sincelejo	$572
346 km or 215 mi	Magangue	$707
367 km or 228 mi	Yopal	$750
370 km or 230 mi	Neiva	$592
386 km or 240 mi	Cucuta	$646
387 km or 241 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$676
391 km or 243 mi	Rubio	$673
406 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$687
410 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$675
438 km or 272 mi	Popayan	$606
448 km or 279 mi	La Grita	$685

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