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Austria / Central Europe

Vienna City Intelligence

Vienna is a Central European capital known for deep cultural infrastructure, mature public transit, and a long tradition of high-quality social housing. Vienna is a central europe city of about 2.0M metro in Austria. On the composite city-intelligence score, Vienna sits comfortably above the indexed median (89/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
2.0M metro
View of Vienna, Austria

Image credit: Image: Andrzej Otrębski / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Visual context

Additional verified imagery for Vienna, Austria. Each photo is sourced from Wikimedia Commons with full attribution and a permissive license.

Overall score

Vienna is most useful for users comparing housing access, transit depth, and cultural amenity in a mid-sized European capital.

Overall89/100
Affordability72/100
Air quality84/100
Energy87/100

Overall city intelligence

Strong

89/100

Strong housing access, transit reach, and cultural amenity.

Public housing depth

Very high

Long-running social-housing programs shape household access.

Cultural amenity

Deep

Long-standing institutions and public space support resident well-being.

Vienna data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Vienna city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score89/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living72/100Vienna offers strong housing access for a major European capital, supported by mature social-housing programs and reliable public services.
Air Quality84/100Vienna's clean-air profile is strong, supported by compact transit-led mobility and continuous European monitoring.
Energy87/100Vienna has strong clean-energy direction supported by national hydropower, mature district-heating, and active building retrofits.
Safety88/100Vienna is among the safer large European capitals, with low violent-crime context and consistent everyday public-space confidence.
Internet Speed84/100Vienna offers solid broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting remote work and a steady digital-services sector.
Climate Risk78/100Vienna faces moderate climate exposure focused on heat waves and Danube flood scenarios, balanced by active adaptation programs.
Resilience87/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety90/100
Low crime94/100
Personal safety92/100
Night safety84/100
Road safety86/100

Vienna ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (90/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life88/100
Healthcare95/100
Education94/100
Green space72/100
Cleanliness96/100
Infrastructure100/100
Mobility81/100

Vienna has a very high quality-of-life estimate (88/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness88/100
Education94/100
Green space72/100
Overall safety90/100

Vienna scores very high for family living (88/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability88/100
Walkability93/100
Cycling77/100
Infrastructure100/100

Vienna is very high for remote workers (88/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability85/100
Healthcare95/100
Cleanliness96/100
Outdoor lifestyle44/100

Vienna is very high for retirement (85/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Vienna

Local public safety guidance for Vienna, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Austria emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge.
Police13324/7—
Ambulance14424/7—
Fire12224/7—

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Vienna, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Austria emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Vienna

Healthcare context for Vienna, with national-level information from Austria where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Vienna, see the Austria healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Vienna

Local mobility context for Vienna, with national-level context from Austria where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Vienna, see the Austria transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Vienna. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Vienna

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Vienna will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Vienna air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Related comparisons

Pairs that share a city, comparison intent, or region — useful for users planning a wider relocation, remote-work, or business decision.

Vienna in city collections

Curated city collections that include Vienna. Each is a comparison-oriented shortlist, not an official ranking.

Vienna intent guides

Practical intent-focused guides available for Vienna. Each guide is a comparison-oriented view, not an official ranking.

  • Vienna for Family life

    Vienna supports family-relevant comparison through transport, safety, and quality-of-life context.

  • Vienna for Clean air

    Vienna is a Central-European anchor with structured air-quality and resilience context.

Explore Vienna modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Vienna

Vienna offers strong housing access for a major European capital, supported by mature social-housing programs and reliable public services.

Air Quality in Vienna

Vienna's clean-air profile is strong, supported by compact transit-led mobility and continuous European monitoring.

Energy in Vienna

Vienna has strong clean-energy direction supported by national hydropower, mature district-heating, and active building retrofits.

Safety in Vienna

Vienna is among the safer large European capitals, with low violent-crime context and consistent everyday public-space confidence.

Internet Speed in Vienna

Vienna offers solid broadband and reliable mobile coverage, supporting remote work and a steady digital-services sector.

Climate Risk in Vienna

Vienna faces moderate climate exposure focused on heat waves and Danube flood scenarios, balanced by active adaptation programs.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Vienna

Cost of living estimates for Vienna — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Vienna

Climate profile for Vienna — Humid Continental climate, annual average 9.4°C, comfort score 65/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Vienna

Economy and jobs profile for Vienna — government center, economy score 84/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Vienna

Education profile for Vienna — student city, education score 79/100, 6 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Vienna

Healthcare and retirement profile for Vienna — major healthcare center, healthcare score 83/100, retirement score 78/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Arrival planning guide for Vienna

Practical arrival planning context for Vienna — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, budgeting tools, and methodology. Not an official airport or travel instruction service.

Neighborhood planning guide for Vienna

Structured neighborhood research checklist for Vienna — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, arrival planning, and budgeting tools. Not a real-estate, rental, or safety-ranking service.

Moving to Vienna planning guide

Structured relocation research checklist for Vienna — links into country context, arrival planning, neighborhood research, cost tools, healthcare, public safety, and transport. Not immigration, visa, tax, legal, financial, medical, or property advice.

Visual guide to Vienna

Source-attributed visual context for Vienna using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Summer 2026 travel planning guide for Vienna

Summer 2026 travel planning checklist for Vienna — links into arrival planning, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not a weather forecast, events calendar, hotel-price guide, or tourism ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Vienna

Weekend trip planning checklist for Vienna — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Vienna

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Vienna

Estimate a monthly budget for Vienna using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Vienna

Plan a trip budget for Vienna using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Vienna

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Vienna. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Eisenstadt, Austria

Same region · about 41 km from Vienna. Explore Eisenstadt's city intelligence profile.

Sankt Pölten, Austria

Same region · about 52 km from Vienna. Explore Sankt Pölten's city intelligence profile.

Sopron, Hungary

Cross-border · about 59 km from Vienna. Explore Sopron's city intelligence profile.

Bratislava, Slovakia

Cross-border · about 60 km from Vienna. Explore Bratislava's city intelligence profile.

Győr, Hungary

Cross-border · about 113 km from Vienna. Explore Győr's city intelligence profile.

Brno, Czechia

Cross-border · about 114 km from Vienna. Explore Brno's city intelligence profile.

Nitra, Slovakia

Cross-border · about 132 km from Vienna. Explore Nitra's city intelligence profile.

Graz, Austria

Mountain cluster · about 140 km from Vienna. Explore Graz's city intelligence profile.

Jihlava, Czechia

Cross-border · about 145 km from Vienna. Explore Jihlava's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Vienna — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Vienna — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Vienna is most useful for users comparing housing access, transit depth, and cultural amenity in a mid-sized European capital. Its standout dimensions are safety (88/100) and energy (87/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (72/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 5 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Austria country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Vienna appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

5 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.