Währing
Last updated: November 2026
Währing is Vienna's 18th district, with a Living Score of 78. It is strongest on Safety and Air quality, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Währing, Vienna's 18th district, has a Living Score of 78 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Safety 8.8 and Air quality 8.8 out of 10, weakest Affordability 3.1. Rent about €21/m², purchase about €6,180/m².
Währing breathes a pleasant calm that settles over wide, green streets. The district is shaped by neighbourhood cafés and small shops that liven up the day, even if nightlife plays more of a minor role here.
Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape.
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Greenable roofs in Währing
The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. Of 153 hectares of roof area in the 18th district, 59 hectares are flat enough for greening — 38.6 %, of which 45 hectares lie up to 5°, where a deeper build-up with beds would also work. Greened, that area would hold back on the order of 110,000 cubic metres of rain a year that otherwise runs into the sewer.
Own calculation of roof pitch per roof face from the City of Vienna’s official roof model (LOD2.1, CC BY 4.0), suitability thresholds of 5° and 20° as in the City’s green-roof potential cadastre. Whether a roof is already green is unknown to a geometry model; plant rooms and chimneys are not subtracted, and the statics have a say. The retention is a model built from 626.3 mm of annual rainfall (Hohe Warte, 1991–2020) and the runoff coefficients of ÖNORM B 2501. All districts compared → What a single roof may still carry — an attic conversion or an added storey — is calculated from the zoning plan on Attic conversion in Vienna.
Parking in Währing: short-stay zone 1180
In the 18th district the short-stay parking zone applies as everywhere in Vienna: Monday to Friday (working days) from 9 am to 10 pm, for at most two hours, €3.40 an hour with a parking voucher or mobile parking. Residents park with the Parkpickerl (€13 a month) without a voucher. There are 5 public car parks in the district (0.8 per km²). Parking in Vienna: short-stay zone, Parkpickerl, all car parks →
Rules as of September 2026, City of Vienna; car parks from the City’s open garage register.
Neighbourhoods in this district
Gersthof Pötzleinsdorf Währing Zentrum Volksoper Umgebung Cottageviertel
Metro and S-Bahn in Währing
U6 · Alser Straße S45 · Gersthof U6 · Michelbeuern-AKH U6 · Nußdorfer Straße U6 · Währinger Straße-Volksoper
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Transit reach from Währing
From a stop in Währing you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 16.8% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 4.9% within 20 — above the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 12 of 23). You get furthest from Währinger Straße-Volksoper (30.1% in 30 minutes), least far from Keylwerthgasse (3.6%).
Median over the district's 38 stops, computed with the timetable router (GTFS of Wiener Linien, Badner Bahn and ÖBB S-Bahn, departures 8:00–8:20, up to three rides, walking up to 1.2 km from the last stop). Counted in building addresses of the City of Vienna, not residents. Timetable, not real time. All 23 districts ranked ›
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Is Währing a good district to live in?
Währing is a solid place to live (Living Score 78/100): strong on Safety and Air quality, weaker on Affordability. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
How safe is Währing?
Safety in Währing: Excellent (8.8/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Währing dangerous?
Währing is considered very safe: it ranks above average in the official police crime statistics (safety 8.8/10). An orientation value for the area, not a statement about a single address.
How good is public transport in Währing?
Public transport in Währing: Average (5.6/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Währing noisy?
Quiet in Währing: Good (7.2/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 21% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Währinger Gürtel. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Währinger Gürtel (~21,300/day), Gersthofer Straße (~14,877/day), Gentzgasse (~12,329/day). The district also contains the officially designated quiet area “Landschaftsschutzgebiet Währing”. Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Währing get in summer?
In summer Währing is moderate — cooler than the Vienna average. Heat index 48 of 100 (Vienna average 56), modelled. Green cover, trees and open, low building form let the night cool down. This is a MODELLED index (from building form, density, green space, street trees, water and elevation, checked against the City of Vienna's climate analysis map), not a measured temperature and not a count of hot days. Within one area it varies a lot: a green courtyard and a treeless street a few metres apart are not the same place.
How green is Währing?
Green space in Währing: Average (5.5/10), about 26.6% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Währing a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value a safe area and clean air. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Währing expensive?
Guide prices for Währing: rent around €20.6/m², buying around €6,180/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Building land in the district sold for a median of around €2,194/m² of plot area (2025). Value for money in the Living Score: Limited.
How is the natural light in Währing?
It varies a lot by Grätzl: Pötzleinsdorf is low and openly built — plenty of free sky — while Volksoper Umgebung is much tighter, with light falling narrow into the lanes. How bright a single flat is also comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side.
What is Vienna's 18th district called?
Vienna's 18th district is called Währing (postal code 1180).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 18th district?
The 18th district (Währing) has the postal code 1180.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 18th district (1180)?
Yes. In Währing, as everywhere in Vienna, the short-stay zone applies Monday to Friday (working days) from 9 am to 10 pm, for at most two hours; residents park with the Parkpickerl. There are 5 public car parks in the district (0.8 per km²). As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Währing in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Währing, a median 16.8% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Währinger Straße-Volksoper it is 30.1%. Computed from the timetable with transfers and walking up to 1.2 km — not real time, and counted in addresses, not residents.
What kind of buildings shape Währing?
In Währing: Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 38% of the residential buildings here are Gründerzeit apartment houses (1848–1918). How a single flat is laid out still depends on the individual building.
How much roof area in Währing could be greened?
59 of the 153 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 38.6 %. The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. The figure comes from an own calculation of the pitch of every roof face in the City of Vienna’s official roof model, and says nothing about which roofs are already green.