Athens vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Columbus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$2145
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$5059
🏠 One person rent	$616	$1248
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$2171
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$632
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$4018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	73
😀 Quality of life	78	88
🏙️ Population	643K	906K

The cost of living in Athens is 41% less expensive than in Columbus. Cities ranked 4281st and 1476th ($1272 vs $2145) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Columbus ranked 59th in the United States, while ranked 656th and 249th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Athens vs Columbus infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/athens/columbus.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Athens vs Columbus infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/athens/columbus" target="_blank">Athens vs Columbus - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Athens vs Columbus

Prices for goods and services in Athens and Columbus are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Athens	Columbus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$5.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$2.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$1314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$972
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$2378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$57.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$3095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$2954
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$60.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$3.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$5.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$3.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$9.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$4.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$85.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$61
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$1236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$15423

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858