Sheffield vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Sheffield	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1948	$2240
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4650	$5469
🏠 One person rent	$1138	$1157
🏘️ Family rent	$1898	$2021
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$669
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3202	$3329
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	54 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	86	98
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	518K	2.03M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 13% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 2172nd and 1403rd ($1948 vs $2240) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 131st and 1st in the United Kingdom and Austria, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Sheffield compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Sheffield ranked 28th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 175th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sheffield vs Vienna

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	Sheffield	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.3	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.01	$6.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$5.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$3.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1084	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$835	$844
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1839	$2069
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1455	$1556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$323	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$36.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.77%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5726	$13774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2737	$6758
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4	$3.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.5	$59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.92	$2.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$4.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.9	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.61	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$3.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.38	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.2	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.4	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.4	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.1	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.2	$97.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24916	$28814

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Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1604
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1559
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1533
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1863
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1710
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1831
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1833
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1847
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1894
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1862
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1880
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1961
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1689
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$2039
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1975
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1827
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2348
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1748
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1990
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1838
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$2043
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$2025
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1993
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1945
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1411
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1784
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1808
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1832
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1710
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1535
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1763
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1987
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$2012
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1919
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1501
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1887
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1694
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$2022
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1870

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1883
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1862
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1831
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1941
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1590
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1475
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1805
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1172
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1789
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1150
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1230
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$1042
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1257
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1308
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$917
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$974
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1628
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1499
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$967
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1126
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1218
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1409
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1126
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1156
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1265
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1108
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1255
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1681
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1653
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1430
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1201
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1803
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1751
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1701
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1065
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$928