Sydney vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Sydney	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2741	$1854
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6649	$4529
🏠 One person rent	$1620	$947
🏘️ Family rent	$3006	$1747
🍽️ Food expenses	$559	$548
🚐 Transport expenses	$408	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3743	$2931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	99	98
😀 Quality of life	98	94
🏙️ Population	4.84M	1.97M

The cost of living in Sydney is 48% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 318th and 2189th ($2741 vs $1854) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Australia and Austria, respectively. Check Australia vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Sydney compared to 1.6 months in Vienna. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 3rd and 45th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sydney vs Vienna

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	Sydney	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$14.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.9	$63.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.69	$5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.3	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$2.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1859	$909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1319	$677
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3954	$1773
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$1318
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$215	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.7	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	3.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17057	$9051
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10833	$5834
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$2.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$48.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.3	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$16.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.51	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$4.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.6	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.19	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.6	$6.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$3.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.3	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.3	$138
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.1	$18.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.7	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$93
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2005	$272
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17934	$14916

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$1998
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2348
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1903
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1691
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1430
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1461
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1610
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1723
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1463
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2604
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1404
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1354
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1669
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1672
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1707
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2011
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1719
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1716
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1317
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1693
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1785
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1702
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2356
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1746
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1707
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1708
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2356
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1658
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1881
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1688
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1327
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1816

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1621
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1325
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1269
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1197
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1535
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$765
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1543
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$946
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$995
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$797
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$988
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1073
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$747
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$829
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1158
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1378
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$901
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1011
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1229
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1020
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1125
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1393
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1013
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1005
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$956
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1149
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1658
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1508
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1033
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1084
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1646
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$762
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1562
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1546
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$916
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898