The street matters more than the district
A leafy avenue and a treeless canyon can sit in the same district. Check the map above for the exact address: every wohnwahn listing shows the street trees around it.
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Where is Vienna greenest to live?
Green-space proximity (parks, woods, meadows) per 250 m cell, from OpenStreetMap · as of: August 2026
“Green” is easy to claim. wohnwahn measures it: the proximity to real green spaces, parks, woods and meadows, for every inhabited 250 m cell. The greenest district is Leopoldstadt (1020), where the typical home has a green score of 86/100 and 206 street trees within 300 m as well.
And the district average deceives: large outer districts look green because woods, fields and floodplains at the edge lift the percentage, exactly where almost no one lives. wohnwahn measures the green at your home, not at the district’s rim.
The green map of Vienna
Dark green means a lot of park, woodland or meadow nearby. Every square is an inhabited 250 m cell with its green-space proximity score (bigger and closer green counts more).
Only inhabited cells are coloured. This measures proximity to green spaces per home; the street trees at each address are shown on the listing pages. Tap the map for the green score at that exact spot.
Vienna’s greenest districts
Ranked by the median green-space proximity of inhabited residential cells, so the green that people actually live next to. Linked: the full district profile in the atlas.
- 1Leopoldstadt102086green score
- 2Hernals117067green score
- 3Hietzing113066green score
- 4Penzing114063green score
- 5Brigittenau120062green score
- 6Döbling119062green score
- 7Favoriten110061green score
- 8Währing118050green score
- 9Donaustadt122047green score
- 10Simmering111046green score
Method: proximity to real green spaces (parks, woods, meadows from OpenStreetMap) per inhabited 250 m cell, bigger and closer green weighs more, clipped to the real district boundary. Deliberately NOT the district green-area percentage that the usual rankings use: that figure is inflated by woods, fields and floodplain at the unbuilt edge and says nothing about where people live. The number next to each district is the median street-tree count as extra context. Prices: asking prices per m² (condos), immopreise.at / derStandard-Preisspiegel, as of Dezember 2025.
Green and still central
Green usually means the edge of town. These districts prove you can have both: a high green score AND within 25 minutes of Stephansplatz by transit.
How to find a genuinely green flat
Green also means cooler
Street trees measurably cool their surroundings in summer. If you care about heat, green and cool go together, the cool-living page maps the heat load next to the green.
Courtyard trees don’t show on the street count
The cadastre counts public street trees. A quiet green courtyard is a bonus the number can’t see, worth asking the provider which way the flat faces.
Park nearby beats a few street trees
A home at the edge of the Prater or Lainzer Tiergarten is greener than its street-tree count suggests. Use the “What’s here?” click on the search map to see parks and water around an address.
Homes in the green
Current rentals on wohnwahn, greenest location first. Each card shows the street trees around the address.
1015 trees1030 LandstraßeModerner Erstbezug Zwischen Belvedere und Schweizergarten€ 475,000 · 4 rm · 80 m²
1015 trees1030 LandstraßeMöblierte 4-Zimmer Wohnung am Schweizergarten | WG-Geeignet | AB Sofort€ 1,991/month · 4 rm · 80 m²
1349 trees1180 WähringFamilienfreundliche Cottagevilla in exquisiter Lage!€ 6,900,000 · 10 rm · 400 m²
697 trees1130 HietzingDachgeschoß mit Terrasse und Grünblick in klassischer Villa mitten in Hietzing.€ 1,660/month · 3.5 rm · 110 m²
1140 trees1010 Innere StadtCity-Appartement der Luxusklasse in Bestlage!€ 1,250,000 · 2 rm · 54 m²
991 trees1100 FavoritenRohdachboden mit Ausbaustudie bei U1 Station Troststrasse€ 200,000 · 420 m²Frequently asked questions
Which is the greenest district in Vienna?
By green-space proximity it is Leopoldstadt (1020): the typical home there scores 86/100 for nearby parks, woods and meadows, ahead of Hernals and Hietzing. Source: OpenStreetMap green spaces, evaluated per 250 m cell.
Is Donaustadt or Floridsdorf really green, or does the statistic mislead?
The usual district rankings use the green-area percentage, and there large outer districts score high because a third of their area is floodplain (Lobau), farmland and unbuilt land at the edge, where almost no one lives. That number says nothing about the green next to your home. wohnwahn instead measures the green space within walking distance of each inhabited spot, so a densely built block in a “green” district shows up honestly as what it is.
Do parks and woods count, or only street trees?
The ranking is built on real green spaces, parks, woods and meadows within walking distance, which is what most people mean by “living green”. In addition, every listing shows the public street trees around the exact address from the official tree cadastre, as a second, concrete signal.
Where do you live green AND close to the centre?
Brigittenau for example: a high green score and still ≈ 15 minutes from Stephansplatz by transit. Green and central is rarer than green-and-far, but the data shows where the combination exists.
Do street trees really make a difference?
Yes, measurably: trees provide shade and evaporative cooling and improve air and well-being. That’s why wohnwahn shows the trees around every address and why green overlaps with the cool-living ranking.
How current is the tree data?
Official Vienna tree cadastre, evaluated per inhabited 250 m cell, refreshed monthly (as of August 2026).
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How wohnwahn rates locations →Green keeps it cooler: cool living in Vienna →Quiet living →Commuting to Vienna →Affordable living →Living by the water →Family-friendly →Near the metro →Wine & Heuriger →Sunny living →
Sources: official Vienna tree cadastre · transit: own routing on the Wiener Linien and ÖBB timetables · prices: immopreise.at / derStandard-Preisspiegel. Refreshed monthly.