Sydney vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sydney	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2801	$1965
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6767	$4756
🏠 One person rent	$1663	$1021
🏘️ Family rent	$3057	$1866
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$410	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4399	$2834
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	99	98
😀 Quality of life	99	94
🏙️ Population	4.84M	1.97M

The cost of living in Sydney is 43% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 312th and 1964th ($2801 vs $1965) 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 1.6 months in Sydney compared to 1.4 months in Vienna. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 4th and 48th 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	$15.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.6	$67.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.41	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.54	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1992	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1372	$716
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4038	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2523	$1351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$331
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.8	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.38%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16279	$9775
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9905	$6353
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.46	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$143	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.6	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.82	$4.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.94	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.08	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$29.8	$6.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.92	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.48	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.83	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.7	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.9	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$67.7	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.9	$106
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2054	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18951	$15069

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1772
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1307
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$860
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$989
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1136
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1051
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1197
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$789
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$788
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1344
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1436
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1211
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1062
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1067
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1016
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1150
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1764
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1563
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1220
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1137
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1690
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1616
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1604
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$938
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898