🇦🇹 Austria vs 🇨🇿 Czechia
Side by side on the data that actually changes your life: prices, taxes, climate, air, safety. Every number has a source and a date.
Climate (capital)
Open-Meteo historical weather
Jan 1° · Jul 21° · Vienna
Jan 2° · Jul 20° · Prague
Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 9 · Good
AQI 35 · Good
Prices vs EU average
Eurostat price level index, EU27 = 100
+13% (2025)
−11% (2025)
Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index
—
$5.50
Taxes on salary
OECD tax wedge, single average worker
~47% of labour cost (2025)
~41% of labour cost (2025)
Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified 2026-07
None curated
None curated
Inflation
World Bank
3.5% / yr (2025)
2.5% / yr (2025)
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, 6-month window
All measured apps work
All measured apps work
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
25.5% of population (2024)
9.5% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
81 yrs
77 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
EUR
CZK
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC+2
UTC+2
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 2026-07-07. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 2026-07-07. Sources shown per row.
Numbers are half the story
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