New Orleans vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Orleans	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5396	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1281	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2321	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$685	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$82	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3816	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	85	98
😀 Quality of life	87	93
🏙️ Population	384K	1.97M

The cost of living in New Orleans is 21% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1304th and 2270th ($2222 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1179th and 1st in the United States and Austria, respectively. Check the United States vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in New Orleans compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. New Orleans ranked 67th best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 264th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Orleans vs Vienna

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	New Orleans	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$98.3	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1460	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2636	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1899	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2090	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.9	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.78	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.2	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.4	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.4	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.3	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1564	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10189	$18199

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Cities near New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2114
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$1974
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1726
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2003
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1767
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1583
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2174
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2050
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2015
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1781
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1828
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2119
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1709
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1807
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1941
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1895
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1825
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1868
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1894
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1874
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2083
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2252
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1954
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2046
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1772
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2072
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2037
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2092
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2213
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$2020
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$2037
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1979
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1581
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1923
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1805
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1673
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1989

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