San Diego vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	San Diego	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3469	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7890	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$2370	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$4148	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$726	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5254	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	86	98
😀 Quality of life	93	95
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.97M

The cost of living in San Diego is 63% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 43rd and 1640th ($3469 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd 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 1.5 months in San Diego compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. San Diego ranked 26th best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 97th and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Diego vs Vienna

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	San Diego	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.63	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$6.32	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2499	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2053	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4569	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3654	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$240	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9580	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7151	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.92	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.16	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.6	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14.9	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.97	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.53	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.9	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$131	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.4	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1745	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28967	$25585

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Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782

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