Thimphu vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Thimphu	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$387	$1965
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1009	$4756
🏠 One person rent	$122	$1021
🏘️ Family rent	$227	$1866
🍽️ Food expenses	$177	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.7	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$570	$2834
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	5	98
😀 Quality of life	50	94
🏙️ Population	115K	1.97M

The cost of living in Thimphu is 80% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 9013th and 1964th ($387 vs $1965) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Bhutan and Austria, respectively. Check Bhutan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Thimphu compared to 1.4 months in Vienna. Thimphu ranked 1st best city to live in Bhutan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 6232nd and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Thimphu vs Vienna

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	Thimphu	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$67.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.45	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.54	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.56	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$119	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.3	$716
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$222	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$161	$1351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.9	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.3	$331
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$625	$9775
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$869	$6353
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.52	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.97	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$4.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.55	$8.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.73	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$6.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.64	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.7	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.6	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.33	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.2	$106
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.8	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$251	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$691	$15069

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Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$455
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$314
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$298
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$293
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$930
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$331
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$312
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$370
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$339
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$359
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$311
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$997
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$303
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$282
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$390
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$311
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$256
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$297
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$268
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$279
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$296
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$321
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$309
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$271
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$443
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$428
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$380
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$301
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$294
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$311
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$294
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$335
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$290
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$307
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$356
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$288
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$273
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$284

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