Athens vs Bangalore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Bangalore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$533
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1429
🏠 One person rent	$616	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$528
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$74.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$1153
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	74
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	643K	12.3M

The cost of living in Athens is 139% more expensive than in Bangalore. Cities ranked 4281st and 8398th ($1272 vs $533) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 4th in Greece and India, respectively. Check Greece vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 2.2 months in Bangalore. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Bangalore ranked 2nd in India, while ranked 656th and 3159th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Bangalore

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	Athens	Bangalore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$267
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$29.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$44.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	9.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$2065
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$1100
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$16.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$3.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.02
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$19
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$4.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$1.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$31.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$54.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$109
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$3404

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1159
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1082
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1045
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1054
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1437
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1265
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1296
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1022
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$967
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$980
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$955
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$990
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$836
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1838
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$981
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1011
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1033
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$900
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1099
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1659
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1015
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$934
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$973
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1131
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1052
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$909
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$943
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$930
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$764
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1027
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1150

Cities near Bangalore

Distance	City	Cost of living
68 km or 42 mi	Tumkur	$351
96 km or 60 mi	Hindupur	$375
117 km or 73 mi	Madanapalle	$346
126 km or 78 mi	Mysore	$311
159 km or 99 mi	Salem	$304
166 km or 103 mi	Vellore	$258
166 km or 103 mi	Chittoor	$354
182 km or 113 mi	Erode	$295
191 km or 118 mi	Anantapur	$304
198 km or 123 mi	Tiruppur	$300
211 km or 131 mi	Tirupati	$315
212 km or 132 mi	Kadapa	$367
221 km or 137 mi	Proddatur	$355
230 km or 143 mi	Coimbatore	$339
244 km or 151 mi	Shimoga	$342
246 km or 153 mi	Davanagere	$292
266 km or 166 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
269 km or 167 mi	Pondicherry	$360
270 km or 168 mi	Cuddalore	$306
271 km or 168 mi	Malappuram	$306
273 km or 169 mi	Kannur	$344
276 km or 172 mi	Kozhikode	$325
286 km or 178 mi	Hospet	$272
290 km or 180 mi	Chennai	$430
294 km or 183 mi	Dindigul	$316
295 km or 183 mi	Thanjavur	$302
295 km or 183 mi	Mangalore	$412
295 km or 183 mi	Nandyal	$359
298 km or 185 mi	Adoni	$366
303 km or 188 mi	Nellore	$514
311 km or 194 mi	Udupi	$280
312 km or 194 mi	Thrissur	$294
321 km or 199 mi	Kurnool	$349
344 km or 214 mi	Madurai	$310
362 km or 225 mi	Ernakulam	$346
363 km or 226 mi	Kochi	$383
386 km or 240 mi	Ongole	$338
390 km or 242 mi	Hubli	$359
394 km or 245 mi	Kottayam	$306
421 km or 261 mi	Mahbubnagar	$357