New York City vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$2695
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	100	98
😀 Quality of life	95	93
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.97M

The cost of living in New York City is 141% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 3rd and 2270th ($4441 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.2 months in New York City compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 22nd and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Vienna

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	New York City	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29.7	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$18199

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

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