Vienna: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Vienna is the capital of Austria, 193 m (633 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Vienna International Airport (VIE), 18 km (11 mi) from the centre. It has a dozen or more railway stations on record, including Wien Hauptbahnhof. Our booking partner lists 4,486+ places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Vienna runs from about 8 h 24 min a day in late December to 16 h 9 min in late June (computed for 48.21° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Vienna is served by 2 airports with scheduled flights within 100 km. The closest large one is Vienna International Airport (VIE), 18 km (11 mi) from the centre, whose 11,811-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft. The alternatives are M. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS, 62 km).
Flights to Vienna: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Wien Hauptbahnhof, Wien Südbahnhof, Hausfeldstraße, Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Wien Floridsdorf railway station, Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Pavilions. Trains to Vienna
Buses to Vienna · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 4,486+ places to stay in Vienna (statistics below are from the first 1,000). Of the 822 with a star rating, the largest group is 4-star (511), and 42 are five-star. Across 787 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.7 out of 10. Guests have left 2,085,060 reviews in total.
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What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Historic Centre of Vienna | 8,169,000 | 2024 |
| Wurstelprater | 6,600,000 | 2019 |
| Kunsthistorisches Museum | 454,291 | 2020 |
| Belvedere | 343,064 | 2020 |
| Time Travel Vienna | 254,875 | 2025 |
| Heeresgeschichtliches Museum | 174,146 | — |
| Viktor Frankl Museum | 30,000 | 2021 |
The busiest is Historic Centre of Vienna at 8,169,000 visitors in 2024. At that volume, anything with a gate is worth a timed ticket or an early start.
UNESCO World Heritage in the city: Historic Centre of Vienna; Palace and gardens of Schönbrunn.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Vienna
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Budapest, 214 km (Hungary) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Munich, 356 km (Germany) — flights
- Prague, 253 km (Czechia) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Kraków, 331 km (Poland) — flights
- Wrocław, 325 km (Poland) — flights
- Zagreb, 268 km (Croatia) — flights · trains · tours
- Dresden, 369 km (Germany) — flights
- Bratislava, 55 km (Slovakia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Brno, 111 km (Czechia) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Graz, 145 km — buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Bern, Bratislava, Budapest, Moscow, Zagreb, Kyiv, Brno, Belgrade, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Warsaw, Sofia, Ljubljana, Vaduz.
Common questions
Which airport serves Vienna?
Vienna International Airport (VIE), 18 km (11 mi) from the centre, plus 1 other airport with scheduled flights within 100 km.
How big is Vienna?
About 1.7 million people live in Vienna, across 415 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Vienna in?
Europe/Vienna, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Vienna?
The Euro (EUR). Traffic drives on the right.
How many hotels are there in Vienna?
Our booking partner lists 4,486 or more places to stay in Vienna, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Vienna?
Budapest (214 km), Munich (356 km), Prague (253 km), Kraków (331 km), Wrocław (325 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.