Cost of living comparison
Vienna is 15.0% cheaper than Redwood City.
If you lived in Vienna instead of Redwood City, you would:
pay 9.7% less for restaurants
Redwood City
|
Vienna
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$25.00
|
$16.24
€15.19
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$12.00
|
$10.83
€10.13
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.83
|
$2.82
€2.63
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.30
|
$2.46
€2.30
|
|
pay 1.3% more for groceries
Redwood City
|
Vienna
|
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Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.19
|
$2.75
€2.57
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.51
|
$8.56
€8.00
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.23
|
$6.08
€5.68
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$5.58
|
$4.65
€4.35
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$7.60
|
$6.36
€5.95
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.00
|
$1.24
€1.16
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.30
|
$1.04
€0.98
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.89
|
$1.39
€1.30
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.99
|
$2.18
€2.04
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.29
|
$0.91
€0.85
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.89
|
$0.85
€0.79
|
|
pay 4.4% more for transportation
Redwood City
|
Vienna
|
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---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$4.65
|
$6.69
€6.25
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$74.00
|
$51.44
€48.11
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$23,536.00
|
$29,126.94
€27,240.53
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.70
|
$18.28
€17.10
|
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pay 18.5% less for housing
Redwood City
|
Vienna
|
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---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.08
|
$34.68
€32.43
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$4,000.00
|
$1,084.25
€1,014.03
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center | ?? |
$798.73
€747.00
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$146.44
|
$239.11
€223.62
|
|
pay 75.7% less for childcare
Redwood City
|
Vienna
|
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---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$2,738.89
|
$264.10
€247.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$37,770.00
|
$14,747.24
€13,792.13
|
|
pay 14.9% less for entertainment and sports
Redwood City
|
Vienna
|
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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.50
|
$4.87
€4.56
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.16
|
$4.02
€3.76
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$8.89
|
$6.50
€6.08
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym | ?? |
$43.96
€41.12
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$16.00
|
$13.00
€12.15
|
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pay 8.4% more for clothing
Redwood City
|
Vienna
|
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---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$69.25
|
$101.40
€94.84
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$55.00
|
$43.91
€41.06
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$90.00
|
$95.61
€89.41
|
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Men's business shoes (leather) |
$120.00
|
$121.29
€113.44
|
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