Sydney vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Sydney	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2844	$2213
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6700	$5380
🏠 One person rent	$1749	$1126
🏘️ Family rent	$3002	$1917
🍽️ Food expenses	$597	$678
🚐 Transport expenses	$337	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$3705
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	99	98
😀 Quality of life	98	94
🏙️ Population	5.45M	2.03M

The cost of living in Sydney is 29% more expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 348th and 1464th ($2844 vs $2213) 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 1.5 months in Sydney compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Sydney ranked 2nd best city to live in Australia vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 2nd and 43rd 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	$15.8	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.7	$93.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.36	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.82	$3.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2123	$1142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1437	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3835	$2056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$1425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$216
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$329
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$37.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.09%	3.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13218	$12058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7866	$6236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.77	$3.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$58.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.6	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.78	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$4.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.69	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.9	$7.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.5	$19.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$3.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.3	$166
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.7	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$94.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2281	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21946	$28817

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Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1885
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1898
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1829
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1922
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1561
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1451
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1821
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1114
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1804
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1180
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$984
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1284
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1335
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$875
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$930
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1639
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1527
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$1036
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1153
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1566
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1633
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1278
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1391
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1166
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1196
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1312
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1133
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1291
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1708
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1683
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1404
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1247
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1869
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$893
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1818
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1787
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$989