Athens vs Charlotte - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Charlotte
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$2528
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$5839
🏠 One person rent	$616	$1559
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$2624
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$636
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$4485
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	68
😀 Quality of life	78	88
🏙️ Population	643K	875K

The cost of living in Athens is 50% less expensive than in Charlotte. Cities ranked 4281st and 761st ($1272 vs $2528) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 705th in Greece and the United States, respectively. Check Greece vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.8 months in Charlotte. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Charlotte ranked 62nd in the United States, while ranked 656th and 252nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Charlotte

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	Athens	Charlotte
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$5.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$1337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$3268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	6.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$2832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$2.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$4.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$4.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$7.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$15.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$8.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$6.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$4.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$124
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$54
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$93.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$1337
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$25956

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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 Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888