Cost of living comparison
Vienna is 26.5% cheaper than Irvine.
If you lived in Vienna instead of Irvine, you would:
pay 12.5% less for restaurants
Irvine
|
Vienna
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$20.00
|
$16.24
€14.96
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.00
|
$10.83
€9.98
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$3.10
|
$2.82
€2.59
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.80
|
$2.46
€2.26
|
|
pay 12.6% less for groceries
Irvine
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$4.98
|
$2.75
€2.54
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$7.60
|
$8.56
€7.88
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.75
|
$6.08
€5.60
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.00
|
$4.65
€4.29
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.60
|
$6.36
€5.86
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.37
|
$1.24
€1.15
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.78
|
$1.04
€0.96
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.57
|
$1.39
€1.28
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.37
|
$2.18
€2.00
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$2.00
|
$0.91
€0.83
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.50
|
$0.85
€0.78
|
|
pay 13.6% less for transportation
Irvine
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.97
|
$6.69
€6.16
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$133.50
|
$51.44
€47.38
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$28,500.00
|
$29,126.94
€26,829.03
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$26.00
|
$18.28
€16.84
|
|
pay 32.5% less for housing
Irvine
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$73.00
|
$34.68
€31.95
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$2,728.08
|
$1,084.25
€998.71
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$2,980.71
|
$798.73
€735.72
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$153.31
|
$239.11
€220.25
|
|
pay 75.7% less for childcare
Irvine
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,871.43
|
$264.10
€243.27
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$42,700.00
|
$14,747.24
€13,583.78
|
|
pay 44.8% less for entertainment and sports
Irvine
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$8.00
|
$4.87
€4.49
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.75
|
$4.02
€3.70
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$15.84
|
$6.50
€5.99
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$123.33
|
$43.96
€40.49
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$19.00
|
$13.00
€11.97
|
|
pay 5.9% more for clothing
Irvine
|
Vienna
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$64.00
|
$101.40
€93.40
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$49.67
|
$43.91
€40.44
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$96.67
|
$95.61
€88.06
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$156.00
|
$121.29
€111.73
|
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