Is Austria a good place to live for remote workers?

Austria scores 83/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 154.5 Mbps, safety 95, healthcare 84, air quality 89; English not scored) — rank 30 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Austria?

Median fixed broadband is around 154.5 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Austria?

Single-person essentials run about $1,840/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "very comfortable" (1.6× essentials).

Livability · rank 30/167

Is 🇦🇹 Austria (Vienna) a good place to live?

Quality score 83/100 against essentials of $1,840/month.

The five metrics

Internet 62 154.5 Mbps median broadband, 91.9% online

Safety 95 0.9 homicides/100k (2023)

Healthcare 84 UHC service coverage 84/100 (2023)

Air quality 89 PM2.5 9.9 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: very strong; World Bank WGI estimate 1.68 · corruption control 1.29 · stability 0.49 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $31.46 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $8.41/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($1,840)	Verdict
$2,000	1.1×	comfortable
$3,000	1.6×	very comfortable
$5,000	2.7×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇩🇪 Germany — quality 81.8, essentials $1,834/mo
🇨🇲 Cameroon — quality 28.1, essentials $630/mo
🇫🇮 Finland — quality 88.9, essentials $1,976/mo
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — quality 90.4, essentials $2,060/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Austria a good place to live for remote workers?: Austria scores 83/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 154.5 Mbps, safety 95, healthcare 84, air quality 89; English not scored) — rank 30 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Austria?: Median fixed broadband is around 154.5 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Austria?: Single-person essentials run about $1,840/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "very comfortable" (1.6× essentials).