Athens vs Calgary - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Calgary
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$2077
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$4598
🏠 One person rent	$616	$1226
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1942
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$561
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$3168
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	53
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	643K	1.31M

The cost of living in Athens is 39% less expensive than in Calgary. Cities ranked 4281st and 1646th ($1272 vs $2077) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 23rd in Greece and Canada, respectively. Check Greece vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.5 months in Calgary. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Calgary ranked 8th in Canada, while ranked 656th and 153rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Calgary

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	Athens	Calgary
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$60.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$1222
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$2053
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$200
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$3283
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$2.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$80.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$56.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$82.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$841
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$16603

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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 Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871