Cost of living comparison

 Vienna, Austria
compared to
 Sarande, Albania
Sarande vs. Vienna Cost of Living Summary
Sarande vs. Vienna Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Sarande instead of Vienna, you would:

pay 39.6% less for restaurants

 
Vienna
Sarande
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $16.08
€13.75
$10.92
ALL912
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.72
€9.17
$8.73
ALL730
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.77
€2.37
$1.58
ALL132

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pay 28.8% less for groceries

 
Vienna
Sarande
Bread
1 loaf
$2.91
€2.49
$1.00
ALL83
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.18
€7.00
$6.31
ALL527
Milk (1 gallon) $5.99
€5.13
$7.59
ALL634

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pay 10.1% more for transportation

 
Vienna
Sarande
Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.58
€5.63
$7.84
ALL655
Monthly public transit pass $41.80
€35.76
$21.43
ALL1,790
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $27,753.31
€23,742.95
$29,474.40
ALL2,462,586

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pay 53.9% less for housing

 
Vienna
Sarande
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$36.56
€31.28
$18.21
ALL1,521
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,107.49
€947.46
$684.34
ALL57,176
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $808.26
€691.46
$349.24
ALL29,179

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pay 35.8% less for childcare

 
Vienna
Sarande
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $273.73
€234.17
$257.34
ALL21,501
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $15,621.84
€13,364.48
$5,375.75
ALL449,144

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pay 19.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Vienna
Sarande
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.36
€4.58
$2.73
ALL228
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.21
€3.60
$1.85
ALL155
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$6.75
€5.78
$3.82
ALL319

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pay 4.0% less for clothing

 
Vienna
Sarande
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$104.52
€89.41
$64.34
ALL5,376
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$43.69
€37.38
$47.77
ALL3,992
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$95.42
€81.63
$100.14
ALL8,367

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