Paris vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Paris	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2517	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5700	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1497	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$2629	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$279	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3732	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	99	98
😀 Quality of life	97	95
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.97M

The cost of living in Paris is 18% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 843rd and 1640th ($2517 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in France and Austria, respectively. Check France vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Paris compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 18th and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Vienna

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	Paris	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$5.07	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1610	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1211	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2936	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13420	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9330	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.89	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.92	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.46	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.54	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$112	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15084	$25585

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946