Athens vs Belgrade - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Belgrade
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$2759
🏠 One person rent	$616	$622
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1090
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$349
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$83
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$980
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	51
😀 Quality of life	78	71
🏙️ Population	643K	1.2M

The cost of living in Athens is 10% more expensive than in Belgrade. Cities ranked 4281st and 4605th ($1272 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Greece and Serbia, respectively. Check Greece vs Serbia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.8 months in Belgrade. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Belgrade ranked 1st in Serbia, while ranked 656th and 2157th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Belgrade

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	Athens	Belgrade
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$40.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$3.09
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$693
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$433
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$785
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$27.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	5.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$4299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$2617
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$20.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$9.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.41
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$6.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$7.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$92.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$400
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$7674

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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 Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$776
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$807
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$661
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$759
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$816
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$716
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$636
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$768
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$766
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$958
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$623
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$603
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$692
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$796
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$711
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$605
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$804
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$559
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$463
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$627
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$747
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$848
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1070
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$636
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$781
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$595
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1030
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$803
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$666
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$693
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$855
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$750