Sydney vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sydney	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2539	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6160	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$1496	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$2729	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$522	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$374	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4315	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	100	98
😀 Quality of life	100	93
🏙️ Population	4.84M	1.97M

The cost of living in Sydney is 38% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 745th and 2270th ($2539 vs $1844) 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 1.7 months in Sydney compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 2nd and 52nd 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	$13.7	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.73	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.29	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1823	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1225	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3607	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2246	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.3	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13272	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7795	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$133	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.76	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.32	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.35	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$28.2	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.73	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.01	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.66	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.7	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.7	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1992	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17957	$18199

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683

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