San Diego vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Diego	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3428	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7974	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$2311	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$4175	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$743	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5531	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	87	98
😀 Quality of life	91	93
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.97M

The cost of living in San Diego is 86% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 36th and 2270th ($3428 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd 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 1.6 months in San Diego compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. San Diego ranked 13th best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 95th and 52nd 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	$22.1	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.1	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.3	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$6.04	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.96	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2424	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1978	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4583	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3654	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9086	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7072	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.95	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.4	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.7	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.4	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.1	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.87	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$130	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$31.9	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.6	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.3	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1785	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28706	$18199

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Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759

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