San Jose, Costa Rica vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	San Jose	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1398	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3421	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$662	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$1102	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$509	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.6	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$981	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	60	98
😀 Quality of life	74	95
🏙️ Population	342K	1.97M

The cost of living in San Jose, Costa Rica is 34% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4260th and 1640th ($1398 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Costa Rica and Austria, respectively. Check Costa Rica vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in San Jose, Costa Rica compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. San Jose, Costa Rica ranked 1st best city to live in Costa Rica vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 2458th and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, Costa Rica vs Vienna

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	San Jose	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.2	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.6	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.89	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.74	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$804	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1349	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.8	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.9	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.5	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.54%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2935	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1711	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.08	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.38	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.11	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.68	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$19.2	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.94	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.05	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.79	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.8	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.97	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.6	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$60	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$609	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12743	$25585

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Cities near San Jose, Costa Rica

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.9 km or 4.9 mi	Heredia	$1335
17 km or 11 mi	Alajuela	$1303
20 km or 12 mi	Cartago	$1241
82 km or 51 mi	Puntarenas	$821
115 km or 72 mi	Limon	$1288
124 km or 77 mi	Santa Teresa	$1236
167 km or 104 mi	Liberia	$953
197 km or 122 mi	Tamarindo	$1714
244 km or 151 mi	San Juan del Sur	$864
246 km or 153 mi	David	$925
279 km or 173 mi	Juigalpa	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Granada	$698
316 km or 196 mi	Masaya	$790
343 km or 213 mi	Managua	$760
387 km or 241 mi	Matagalpa	$673
398 km or 247 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
408 km or 253 mi	Jinotega	$467
413 km or 257 mi	Leon	$735
429 km or 266 mi	Esteli	$682
438 km or 272 mi	Penonome	$1150
447 km or 278 mi	Chinandega	$770
457 km or 284 mi	Chitre	$1150
463 km or 288 mi	Colon	$1188
486 km or 302 mi	La Chorrera	$981
508 km or 316 mi	Balboa	$1400
513 km or 319 mi	Panama City	$1560
524 km or 326 mi	Tocumen	$1377
535 km or 333 mi	Pacora	$1371
574 km or 357 mi	Tegucigalpa	$836
596 km or 370 mi	San Miguel	$1097
609 km or 378 mi	Usulutan	$1090
635 km or 395 mi	Comayagua	$739
666 km or 414 mi	Yoro	$729
696 km or 432 mi	San Salvador	$1362
697 km or 433 mi	Soyapango	$1273
701 km or 435 mi	Mejicanos	$1262
702 km or 436 mi	Apopa	$1238
703 km or 437 mi	Santa Tecla	$1182
713 km or 443 mi	La Ceiba	$627
729 km or 453 mi	El Progreso	$780

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