Suzhou vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Suzhou	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2829	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$312	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$326	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$111	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1146	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	70	98
😀 Quality of life	68	93
🏙️ Population	12.7M	1.97M

The cost of living in Suzhou is 53% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6198th and 2270th ($868 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 1st in China and Austria, respectively. Check China vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Suzhou compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Suzhou ranked 26th best city to live in China vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 3351st and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Suzhou vs Vienna

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	Suzhou	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.09	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.5	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.55	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.13	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$200	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1199	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$526	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.2	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.6	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6107	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3223	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.1	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.54	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.99	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.5	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.18	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.87	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.8	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.5	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1457	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17431	$18199

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Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613

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