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How much does a trip to Salzburg cost?

What a trip to Salzburg costs, worked out for your days and your party, with every price traced to where it comes from. And then the part most budgets skip: how to actually pay once you are there.

Food, getting around and sights in Salzburg come to €66 – €90 per person per day. Accommodation, flights and the airport transfer are on top. Prices reviewed: November 2026.

Full Salzburg guide

Your trip

How much money you still need

Days, people and how you like to travel decide almost everything. Flights are left out: they depend on where you start.

6 nights

Counted at the child fares each operator publishes.

Travel style

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

Accommodation

We have no sample of hotel prices for this city yet, so we will not guess one. Type what you have seen and the lodging tax is worked out from it.

Adjust accommodation, food and the rest

In local currency. We do not estimate this: nobody knows what you will buy.

Already paid for

You still need, flights aside

€940 – €1,300

≈ $1,100 – $1,400 · rate of October 16, 2026

€67 – €90 per person per day · 7 days and 2 people

Expected
€940 – €1,300
Most trips land in here
Set aside
€1,300
With this you are unlikely to run short
Cushion, kept apart
€110
10% of the trip
  • Food€550 – €640
  • Airport, both ways€10
  • Sights and activities€220 – €530
  • Nights out€50 – €92
  • Lodging tax and odds and ends€39 – €58

Of that, in cash: €180 – €400

The cash share is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement. Your own bank may charge on top; this page cannot know that.

  • Accommodation is not in this figure. Add your price per night to include it.
  • Flights are not included.
  • You probably will not spend the cushion. Having it to hand covers a night you had not planned, a taxi, or a changed ticket.
Styles

What a day in Salzburg costs, by how you travel

Per person per day, two travelling, without accommodation, flights or the airport transfer. A style is not a figure: it is a way of eating, getting around and seeing things, and each one is spelled out below.

Budget

€49 – €60 per person per day

Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

FoodLocal and cheap
€37 – €40
Sights and activitiesThe odd paid sight
€7.80 – €19.00
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€2.20 – €3.00

Mid-range

€66 – €90 per person per day

Set meals and the odd sit-down dinner, and one paid sight a day.

FoodMixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
€40 – €45
Sights and activitiesOne paid sight a day
€16 – €38
Nights outNow and then
€3.60 – €6.60
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€2.80 – €4.20

Comfort

€110 – €160 per person per day

The best food level we can price, public transport, two paid sights a day.

FoodRestaurants most of the time
€54 – €84
Sights and activitiesTwo paid sights a day
€31 – €76
Nights outNow and then
€3.60 – €6.60
Sundries: luggage storage, laundry, water
€4.30 – €8.00

A style's total is not the sum of the extremes of its lines: nobody has a trip where everything comes out cheap, or everything dear. “Sundries” is an assumption of ours, 5% of food, transport and sights, not a measurement.

By length of trip

How much money for 3, 5, 7, 10 and 14 days in Salzburg

Per person, two travelling together, without accommodation or flights. It is not the daily figure times the days: airport transfers are paid once, so they weigh less the longer you stay.

DaysBudgetMid-rangeComfort
3€150 – €190
€50 – €62 a day
€210 – €280
€69 – €92 a day
€330 – €490
€110 – €160 a day
5€250 – €310
€50 – €61 a day
€330 – €440
€66 – €89 a day
€530 – €800
€110 – €160 a day
7€350 – €430
€49 – €61 a day
€470 – €630
€67 – €90 a day
€750 – €1,100
€110 – €160 a day
10€490 – €610
€49 – €61 a day
€670 – €900
€67 – €90 a day
€1,100 – €1,600
€110 – €160 a day
14€690 – €850
€49 – €61 a day
€930 – €1,300
€66 – €90 a day
€1,500 – €2,300
€110 – €160 a day

Add your accommodation in the calculator above: it is the largest line and the one we cannot source yet.

Prices

What things cost in Salzburg

Eating and drinking: no official statistic measures what eating out costs here, so these are prices from the menu each place publishes on its own website, and each row says where it comes from. It is a sample, not an average: there are cheaper and dearer places, and tourist areas cost more.

WhatPriceSource
Eating and drinking
Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Sternbräu€4.40From the source Nov 2026
Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Stiegl-Keller€4.90From the source Nov 2026
Tap water, 0.5 l, Stiegl-Keller€1.50From the source Nov 2026
Tap water, 0.5 l, Sternbräu€1.60From the source Nov 2026
Beef broth with cheese dumpling or pancake strips, Sternbräu€6.40From the source Nov 2026
Broth with semolina dumplings, Stiegl-Keller€6.50From the source Nov 2026
Fried Kaspressknödel (cheese dumplings), Stiegl-Keller€17.00From the source Nov 2026
House bratwurst, Sternbräu€18.20From the source Nov 2026
Fiaker goulash (beef, with sausage and egg), Sternbräu€20.90From the source Nov 2026
Beef goulash with bread dumpling, Stiegl-Keller€21.00From the source Nov 2026
Pork schnitzel, Viennese style, Stiegl-Keller€21.00From the source Nov 2026
Turkey schnitzel, Viennese style, Sternbräu€21.50From the source Nov 2026
Veal Wiener schnitzel with parsley potatoes and cranberries, Sternbräu€29.90From the source Nov 2026
Milk-fed veal Wiener schnitzel, Stiegl-Keller€32.00From the source Nov 2026
Salzburger Nockerl (Salzburg sweet soufflé), for one, Sternbräu€12.50From the source Nov 2026
Apple strudel with whipped cream, Sternbräu€6.20From the source Nov 2026
Stiegl Goldbräu beer, 0.5 l, Sternbräu€6.30From the source Nov 2026
Stiegl Goldbräu beer, 0.5 l, Stiegl-Keller€6.30From the source Nov 2026
Glass of house wine, 1/8 l, Stiegl-Keller€4.70From the source Nov 2026
Glass of house white wine, 0.1 l, Sternbräu€5.20From the source Nov 2026
Getting around
Guest Mobility Ticket: free transport with your accommodation€0.00From the source Nov 2026
1-hour ticket, core zone€2.60From the source Nov 2026
24-hour ticket, core zone€5.20From the source Nov 2026
Airport to the station by trolleybus, 1-hour ticket€2.60From the source Nov 2026
Sights
Hohensalzburg Fortress, with the funicular€15.50From the source Nov 2026
Mozart's Birthplace€18.00From the source Nov 2026
Salzburg Card, 24 hours (November to March – April to October)€35.00 – €38.00From the source Nov 2026

From the source means we read it where it is set: the operator, the bank, the city or the statistics office. Reported means a guide or the press says so and we have not seen the original. Where sources disagree we show both figures and leave the price out of every sum.

What each food level is made of

A food level is not a number we chose. It is two lists of dishes from the table above, a cheap day and a dear one, and the price is the sum.

Local and cheap
From Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Sternbräu + Beef broth with cheese dumpling or pancake strips, Sternbräu + House bratwurst, Sternbräu + Stiegl Goldbräu beer, 0.5 l, Sternbräu + Tap water, 0.5 l, Stiegl-Keller (€36.80) to Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Stiegl-Keller + Broth with semolina dumplings, Stiegl-Keller + Beef goulash with bread dumpling, Stiegl-Keller + Stiegl Goldbräu beer, 0.5 l, Stiegl-Keller + Tap water, 0.5 l, Sternbräu (€40.30).
Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner
From Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Sternbräu + Beef broth with cheese dumpling or pancake strips, Sternbräu + Pork schnitzel, Viennese style, Stiegl-Keller + Stiegl Goldbräu beer, 0.5 l, Sternbräu + Tap water, 0.5 l, Stiegl-Keller (€39.60) to Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Stiegl-Keller + Broth with semolina dumplings, Stiegl-Keller + Turkey schnitzel, Viennese style, Sternbräu + Apple strudel with whipped cream, Sternbräu + Stiegl Goldbräu beer, 0.5 l, Stiegl-Keller (€45.40).
Restaurants most of the time
From Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Sternbräu + Fiaker goulash (beef, with sausage and egg), Sternbräu + Pork schnitzel, Viennese style, Stiegl-Keller + Stiegl Goldbräu beer, 0.5 l, Sternbräu + Tap water, 0.5 l, Sternbräu (€54.20) to Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Stiegl-Keller + Fried Kaspressknödel (cheese dumplings), Stiegl-Keller + Milk-fed veal Wiener schnitzel, Stiegl-Keller + Salzburger Nockerl (Salzburg sweet soufflé), for one, Sternbräu + Stiegl Goldbräu beer, 0.5 l, Stiegl-Keller × 2 + Glass of house white wine, 0.1 l, Sternbräu (€84.20).
Accommodation

What the night costs, and the tax on top

There is no open source of hotel prices, and we have not sampled this city yet. So the calculator asks you for the price you have seen instead of printing one that looks plausible.

Lodging tax

  • Until December 31, 2026

    • €3.50 per person per night, whatever the room costs
    • Under-15s don't pay.
  • From January 1, 2027

    • €4.00 per person per night, whatever the room costs
    • Under-15s don't pay.
  • From May 1, 2027

    • €4.60 per person per night, whatever the room costs
    • Under-15s don't pay.

Which area to stay in Salzburg: the neighbourhood comparison

Saving

What saves money in Salzburg

Each line is a subtraction done with the prices on this page. No tricks: just the sum.

What saves

  • Eating “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner” instead of “Restaurants most of the time”: €15 – €39 less per person per day.
  • Eating “Local and cheap” instead of “Mixed: set meals and one sit-down dinner”: €2.80 – €5.10 less per person per day.
  • “Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Sternbräu” (€4.40) instead of “Verlängerter (espresso topped up with water), Stiegl-Keller” (€4.90): €0.50 less each time.
  • “Veal Wiener schnitzel with parsley potatoes and cranberries, Sternbräu” (€29.90) instead of “Milk-fed veal Wiener schnitzel, Stiegl-Keller” (€32.00): €2.10 less each time.
Questions

Questions about money in Salzburg

How much money do you need for a week in Salzburg?

For seven days, €470 – €630 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

How much money do you need for 3 days in Salzburg?

For 3 days, €210 – €280 per person on the “Mid-range” style with two travelling. Accommodation and flights are not included. The airport transfer, there and back, is included.

What is a realistic daily budget in Salzburg?

Per person per day, without accommodation or flights: €49 – €60 on the “Budget” style, €66 – €90 on the “Mid-range” style, and €110 – €160 on the “Comfort” style.

Can you travel to Salzburg on a budget?

The cheapest style we work out is “Budget”: €49 – €60 per person per day, without accommodation or flights. Local food, public transport, the odd paid sight.

How much does food cost in Salzburg?

From €37 per person per day (“Local and cheap”) to €84 (“Restaurants most of the time”). The price table has what each dish costs.

How much does transport cost in Salzburg?

Public transport is free.

Is there a lodging tax in Salzburg?

Yes: €3.50 per person per night. Under-15s don't pay.

How much cash should you carry in Salzburg?

For a week on the “Mid-range” style, about €89 – €200 per person, two travelling. It is our reading of how each kind of place takes payment, not a measurement.

Is it better to use cash or card in Salzburg?

By card: in general; major hotels. Card or cash, depending on the place: small shops.

Do you tip in Salzburg?

Restaurants: customary. Taxis: customary.

Sources

Where every figure comes from

Each price on this page carries its source. These are all of them. Prices reviewed: November 2026.

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