🇦🇹 Austria vs 🇿🇦 South Africa
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
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Sunny days (capital)
Open-Meteo, days with over 4.5h of sunshine
276 days / yr
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Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 7 · Good
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Prices vs EU average
Eurostat price level index, EU27 = 100
+13% (2025)
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Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index (euro-area countries share one euro-area price)
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$3.36
Employment taxes (not your rate)
OECD tax wedge, single average worker
~47% of what a job costs goes to tax (2025)
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Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified July 2026
None curated
None curated
Inflation
World Bank
3.5% / yr (2025)
3.2% / yr (2025)
Unemployment
World Bank, ILO-modelled estimate
5.6% (2025)
32.4% (2025)
Internet (median fixed)
Ookla Speedtest Global Index
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~50 Mbps
English proficiency
EF English Proficiency Index
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high
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, last 6 months
No known issues
No known issues
Safety advisory
U.S. State Department travel advisory
Level 1 · Exercise Normal Precautions
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Population
World Bank total population
9.2M (2025)
64.7M (2025)
Population density
World Bank, people per km²
111 / km² (2023)
52 / km² (2023)
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
25.5% of population (2024)
4.1% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
81 yrs
62 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
EUR
ZAR
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC+2
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Legal
Legal
Short-term gains
27.5%
18%
Long-term gains
27.5%
18%
Long-term holding period
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Staking income
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45%
Mining income
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45%
General rates, not personal tax advice.
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 12 July 2026. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 7 July 2026. Sources shown per row.
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