Melbourne vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Melbourne	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2194	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5150	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1216	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1971	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$541	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$296	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3902	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	100	98
😀 Quality of life	100	93
🏙️ Population	5.03M	1.97M

The cost of living in Melbourne is 19% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1365th and 2270th ($2194 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Australia and Austria, respectively. Check Australia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Melbourne compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Melbourne ranked 1st best city to live in Australia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 1st and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Melbourne vs Vienna

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	Melbourne	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.2	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.09	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.54	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1287	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2611	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$150	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6900	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5335	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.51	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.68	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.79	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.67	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.2	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.67	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.3	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.1	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1683	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19705	$18199

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Cities near Melbourne

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	South Yarra	$1620
24 km or 15 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
25 km or 16 mi	Tarneit	$1625
29 km or 18 mi	Dandenong	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Sunbury	$1691
37 km or 23 mi	Melton	$1668
40 km or 25 mi	Frankston	$1671
41 km or 25 mi	Berwick	$1643
42 km or 26 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
54 km or 34 mi	Pakenham	$1654
65 km or 40 mi	Geelong	$1981
102 km or 64 mi	Ballarat	$1390
134 km or 83 mi	Bendigo	$1291
144 km or 90 mi	Traralgon	$1727
164 km or 102 mi	Shepparton	$1601
226 km or 140 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
367 km or 228 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
369 km or 230 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
392 km or 244 mi	Devonport	$1768
404 km or 251 mi	Griffith	$1619
444 km or 276 mi	Launceston	$1651
466 km or 290 mi	Canberra	$2023
477 km or 296 mi	Mildura	$1691
546 km or 339 mi	Goulburn	$1616
597 km or 371 mi	Hobart	$2106
628 km or 390 mi	Orange	$1511
643 km or 399 mi	Bathurst	$1538
651 km or 405 mi	Wollongong	$1416
655 km or 407 mi	Adelaide	$1978
700 km or 435 mi	Blacktown	$1584
702 km or 436 mi	Dubbo	$1702
703 km or 437 mi	Parramatta	$2252
707 km or 440 mi	Kellyville	$1824
713 km or 443 mi	Sydney	$2539
728 km or 452 mi	Dee Why	$2099
822 km or 511 mi	Newcastle	$1448
891 km or 554 mi	Whyalla	$1795
1015 km or 631 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
1021 km or 634 mi	Armidale	$1185
1123 km or 698 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963

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