Reykjavik vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Reykjavik	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2938	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5875	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2674	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$827	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.1	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3761	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	53	98
😀 Quality of life	89	93
🏙️ Population	140K	1.97M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 59% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 200th and 2270th ($2938 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Iceland and Austria, respectively. Check Iceland vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 194th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Vienna

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	Reykjavik	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$137	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.9	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.09	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1650	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2869	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.1	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.41%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6649	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5599	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.52	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$37	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.23	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.2	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$128	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$162	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$279	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2532	$18199

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006

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