Shanghai vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shanghai	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1097	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3454	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$577	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1404	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1644	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	100	98
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	24.9M	1.97M

The cost of living in Shanghai is 41% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4858th and 2270th ($1097 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in China and Austria, respectively. Check China vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Shanghai compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Shanghai ranked 4th best city to live in China vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 675th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shanghai vs Vienna

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	Shanghai	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.8	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.4	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$823	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2226	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1115	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.8	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.83%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14361	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8086	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.95	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.84	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.39	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.95	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.8	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87.9	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.7	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.8	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1181	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30174	$18199

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Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746

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