Shenzhen vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Shenzhen	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$916	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2694	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$478	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1142	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.2	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1771	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	96	98
😀 Quality of life	80	93
🏙️ Population	17.7M	1.97M

The cost of living in Shenzhen is 50% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5950th and 2270th ($916 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in China and Austria, respectively. Check China vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Shenzhen compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Shenzhen ranked 3rd best city to live in China vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 545th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Shenzhen vs Vienna

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	Shenzhen	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.06	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$667	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$360	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1650	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$917	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.36%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12583	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6551	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.51	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.05	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.79	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.86	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.3	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.7	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22267	$18199

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Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609

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