Inflation in Austria: butter, electricity, coffee much more expensive

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Inflation Austria 2025: Electric, butter, and coffee prices rise by over 30%. Find out which expenses will put the biggest strain on your budget.

Inflation continues to rage through Austria. In February 2025, the consumer price index rose to 127.1 points—prices were, therefore, 3.2% higher on average than in the previous year. An increase of 0.6 percent was also recorded compared to January.

“The higher inflation at the beginning of 2025 is persisting,” said Statistics Austria Director General Tobias Thomas. “The flash estimate for February was still 3.3 percent. Electricity rose sharply year-on-year, especially as the electricity price brake electricity and grid cost subsidies for certain households expired at the start of the year, and grid fees were increased. The impact of electricity prices on inflation was, therefore, almost as high in February as in January and will continue to have an effect until the end of the year,” he said, summarizing the study’s results.

Electricity costs rose significantly (+35.7 percent), but the price increase was also noticeable in everyday shopping. The price of raisins rose by 31.6 percent, and that of butter by 25.7 percent.

Morning coffee is increasingly becoming a luxury product—coffee beans already cost 18.1 percent more in February—and those who prefer orange juice did not get away any cheaper. Here, too, the price has risen by 18.1 percent.

Luxury products such as milk chocolate rose 16.6 percent and chocolate cookies 13.5 percent. Conventional apple juice increased in price by 15.9 percent, and oils and fats for cooking increased by 12 percent.

In addition, a vacation during the semester break also had a much more significant impact on the stock market. For example, a flight ticket cost 13.7 percent more, a vacation apartment was 11.65 percent more expensive, and a hotel abroad was 11.3 percent more expensive.

The price of urgently needed medicines such as painkillers and rheumatism medication also rose by 10.7 percent. Children’s shoes are also 13.6 percent more expensive.

There has also been a significant change in the lottery. A tip costs 15.4 percent more.