City comparison
Cost of living in Lisbon vs Vienna
One person needs about €1,874 a month in Lisbon and €1,856 in Vienna, rent included — Vienna is 1% cheaper overall.
Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle
Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.
To live in Vienna the way you live in Lisbon on €3,000, you need
€2,971/ month net
1% less than today (-€29)
- Lisbon today
- Basket €1,874 · left over €1,126 (38%)
- Vienna at the matched salary
- Basket €1,856 · left over €1,115 (38%)
Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 216% over in Vienna (strong) vs 128% in Lisbon. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this
🇵🇹 Lisbon
Visa-friendly and well connected, but local salaries lag far behind expat-driven rents.
Monthly budget: €1,874
Sources: Statistics Portugal (INE) + Eurostat, HICP & house-rent statistics (2025) · 331 community reports
🇦🇹 Vienna
Huge subsidised housing stock keeps rents unusually sane for a rich capital.
Monthly budget: €1,856
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports
Should you move to Lisbon or Vienna?
On salary, Vienna pays more for tech roles (€4,000 versus €2,400 a month), so the money left over after costs is €2,144 in Vienna at the top end.
Rent drives most of the gap: €1,300 in Lisbon against €1,150 in Vienna. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.
For remote workers, the nomad index scores Lisbon at 83 and Vienna at 75 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.