Austria’s annual inflation rate stood at 4% in November 2025, slightly under preliminary estimates and steady compared with the previous two months.

The main contributor to rising prices remained housing and utilities, which held at 6.6% due largely to higher electricity, gas, and fuel costs. Other notable drivers included restaurants and hotels (5.9% versus 6% in October), food and non-alcoholic beverages (3.6% versus 4%), health (5.3% versus 5%), and education (4.5% versus 5.2%), Trading View reports.

Meanwhile, costs continued to fall in the communication sector (-5.7% versus -6.4%), while deflation persisted for furnishings, household equipment, and maintenance at -0.6%.

In transportation, prices rose 2.6% (contributing +0.38 percentage points), slightly higher than in October, primarily driven by fuel costs (up 2.5%). In contrast, airfare price increases eased significantly, rising just 1.3% compared with 6.1% in October.

Furthermore, the micro shopping basket, reflecting daily purchases, rose 2.0% year on year, while the mini shopping basket, covering weekly shopping including fuel, increased 3.1%, both figures below the overall inflation rate.

On a month-to-month basis, consumer prices in November rose 0.3%, slowing from a 0.4% increase in the previous month.

State Secretary for Finance, Barbara Eibinger-Miedl (ÖVP) said the government’s aim remains to bring inflation down to 2%, stating that achieving this requires “not only short-term effects but also structural measures that have a lasting impact.” She highlighted recent initiatives, particularly the recovery package aimed at lowering electricity costs.

The Greens held the governing parties, ÖVP, SPÖ, and NEOS, responsible for the high inflation.

“Those who increase fees and make public transport more expensive should not be surprised,” according to a statement by budget spokesperson Jakob Schwarz.

In addition, the governing parties permitted “all price-dampening measures of the previous government to expire on January 1, 2025.”