Cost of living · Vienna · Austria · 2023
🇦🇹 Cost of living in Vienna
What it costs to live in Vienna - rent, groceries, utilities and getting around, in local euros, plus how the city compares with Austria and the rest of Europe.
- City price index
- 105
- Rent, 1-bed centre
- €900
- Monthly essentials
- €1,221
- Transit pass
- €51
Vienna · Austria · 2023
Vienna's city price index is 105 (EU-27 = 100), 12% below Austria's national average of 120, about €1,221/month for core essentials outside the centre.
- 105
- city price index
- €900
- 1-bed centre rent
- €1,221
- monthly essentials
- 120
- Austria avg
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Estimated monthly essentials
€1,221 / month
A single person renting a one-bedroom flat outside the centre: rent + groceries + utilities + a transit pass. This is a core-costs estimate and excludes discretionary spending such as eating out, leisure and travel.
Rent in Vienna
Monthly rent bars plus the city price-index dial against Austria's national average: two TYPES, same vintage.
Vienna - average monthly rent (EUR)
🇦🇹 Vienna vs Austria avg
Gauge reads the same city price index (105); the tick marks Austria avg (120).
Average advertised monthly rents in Vienna. Living outside the centre typically saves €200 a month on a one-bedroom flat.
How Vienna compares across every city we track
Vienna's city price index of 105 is cheaper than 71% of the 17 European cities on this site, ranking 5th cheapest overall on the EU-27 = 100 scale - not just against Austria, but the full tracked distribution.
Vienna: city price index vs. every tracked European city
City price index, EU-27 = 100 - Eurostat urban audit
105 24th percentile higher than 24% of 17 tracked European cities
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Source Eurostat urban audit + national statistics offices · 2023
Living costs in Vienna, in context
Vienna is a genuine outlier: cheaper than its own national average, the opposite of the usual capital-city premium. That is worth noting on its own, since most large cities on this site cost more than their country's average, not less.
Rent is the line that dominates a city budget, though in Vienna the centre-versus-outskirts gap is comparatively modest: a one-bedroom flat runs €900 in the centre against €700 outside it, just €200 apart. That makes the choice of neighbourhood a smaller lever here than in cities with a wider centre premium; a family-sized three-bedroom flat in the centre is around €1,850.
The steadier costs fill out the rest of the budget, and in Vienna utilities stand out: at €200 a month, heating, power and water run noticeably higher here than the groceries basket (€270) or the transit pass (€51) - a climate-and-energy-market effect worth budgeting for separately from the more predictable food and transport lines.
Cities with a similar cost of living
What to do with this Vienna data
Berlin, Germany tracks closest to Vienna's cost index -- a real-world benchmark if you are weighing this city against an alternative.
- See Berlin's full cost profile
- National cost of living for Austria
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These are city-level averages for general information, not a personal budget. The monthly-essentials figure is a core-costs estimate only; real costs depend on your neighbourhood, flat and lifestyle.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to live in Vienna?
For a single person renting a one-bedroom flat outside the centre, core monthly essentials in Vienna - rent (€700), groceries (€270), utilities (€200) and a transit pass (€51) - come to about €1,221 a month, before any discretionary spending. On the EU-27 = 100 price scale, Vienna sits at index 105.
How much is rent in Vienna?
A one-bedroom flat in the city centre averages €900 a month, €700 outside the centre. A three-bedroom flat in the centre is around €1,850. Rent is the largest part of any city budget.
Is Vienna expensive compared to the rest of Austria?
Vienna's city price index of 105 is about 12% below Austria's national average of 120 (EU-27 = 100). Capitals and big cities almost always cost more than the national figure.
Where does this Vienna data come from?
Figures are drawn from Statistik Austria urban audit (2023). The city price index is on the same EU-27 = 100 scale used across the site; rent, grocery, utility and transit figures are local monthly amounts in euros.
How does Vienna compare to other cities we track?
Vienna's city price index of 105 is cheaper than 71% of the 17 European cities on this site, ranking 5th cheapest overall. This places it against the full tracked distribution, not just its own country's cities.
PlainCostOfLiving is rendered directly from Eurostat comparative price levels and median equivalised net income, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026. Primary sources: Eurostat comparative price levels (prc_ppp_ind) and Eurostat median equivalised net income (ilc_di03).