Sao Tome vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$312	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	1	98
😀 Quality of life	22	93
🏙️ Population	65.5K	1.97M

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 51% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6047th and 2270th ($900 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Sao Tome and Principe and Austria, respectively. Check Sao Tome and Principe vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Sao Tome compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 8798th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Sao Tome	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$18199

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Cities near Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590

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