Seattle vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Seattle	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3162	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7446	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$1981	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$3407	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$810	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6556	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	80	98
😀 Quality of life	93	95
🏙️ Population	737K	1.97M

The cost of living in Seattle is 48% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 125th and 1640th ($3162 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 92nd 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 2.1 months in Seattle compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Seattle ranked 27th best city to live in the United States vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 99th and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Seattle vs Vienna

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	Seattle	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.6	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$104	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$6	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.04	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2119	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1641	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3861	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2873	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$260	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6864	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5184	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$107	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.82	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.26	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.7	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.07	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.36	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.72	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.1	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.04	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.94	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.31	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.8	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$148	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.1	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.3	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2178	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29883	$25585

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Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2851
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3313
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2907
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2644
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2652
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2814
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2723
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2552
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3269
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2674
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2745
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2730
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2812
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2669
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2741
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2641
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2525
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2796
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2655
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2523
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2609
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2632
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2295
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2649
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2461
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2702
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2782
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2623
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2473
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2603
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2384
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2632
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2551
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2644
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2762
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2419
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2480
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2749
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2114

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