WHAT LIFE COSTS
Living costs in Austria
The reported average rent in Austria is €675 a month.
Averaged over the households that have this cost.
Explore this country's official figures. Each one tells you what it covers and when it was measured.
Yearly spending per person
Total spending divided by everyone who lives here, including children and people who spend nothing on this category. Your own costs may be very different.
Rent
€1,150
Divided across everyone who lives here, including people who spend nothing on this.
Jan 2024–Dec 2024
Official prices for this country
Prices from the national statistics office. Check each figure to see whose costs it includes.
Rent · Base rent
€509
Averaged over the households that have this cost.
Jan 2025–Dec 2025
Rent · Total rent
€675
Averaged over the households that have this cost.
Jan 2025–Dec 2025
Rent · Base rent
€7.67
For each square metre of floor space.
Jan 2025–Dec 2025
Rent · Total rent
€10.20
For each square metre of floor space.
Jan 2025–Dec 2025
How prices compare
See how much more or less the same goods and services cost here. These comparisons don't give you an amount to budget for.
The average across the 27 EU countries is the starting point. Each number shows how far prices are above or below it.
Everything, taken together
20% more expensive
Price level 119.7 · Reference year 2024 · Published index
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
13% more expensive
Sources and licences
- Eurostat · dataset nama_10_cp18; household final consumption expenditure by purpose (COICOP 2018) · CC BY 4.0; credit and changes required
- Statistik Austria · dataset Mikrozensus Wohnen; ergebnisse_im_ueberblick_wohnkosten_Mikrozensus.ods · Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0); Quelle: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Mikrozensus Wohnen
- Eurostat · dataset prc_ppp_ind · CC BY 4.0; credit and changes required
- World Bank · dataset NE.CON.PRVT.CD + SP.POP.TOTL + PA.NUS.FCRF · World Development Indicators: CC BY 4.0