Stockholm vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Stockholm	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2039	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4469	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$543	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$213	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3371	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	95	98
😀 Quality of life	95	93
🏙️ Population	985K	1.97M

The cost of living in Stockholm is 11% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 1732nd and 2270th ($2039 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Sweden and Austria, respectively. Check Sweden vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Stockholm compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Stockholm ranked 1st best city to live in Sweden vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 20th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Stockholm vs Vienna

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	Stockholm	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.9	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.7	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.33	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.65	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.61	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1344	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$920	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2403	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1579	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.9	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.23%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10193	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5579	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.94	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.8	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.67	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.33	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.05	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.01	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.9	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.3	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$145	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5804	$18199

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Cities near Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331

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