Vienna, Berlin or Zurich – Where dinner costs the most

Miriam Al Kafur, 29.09.2025

This comparison provides surprising results: Relative to income, Austrians have to dig deeper into their pockets than the Swiss and Germans.

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Restaurant prices in the German-speaking regions are very disparate, being highest in Switzerland and lowest in Germany, with Austria in the middle. But you need to consider average incomes to see where eating out really makes a difference. The online portal Chef's Pencil reports that drawing comparisons is a useful way of determining cost of living in different cities. The data used comes from the crowdsourcing database Numbeo.

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