Athens vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$992
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$2589
🏠 One person rent	$616	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$862
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$415
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	37
😀 Quality of life	78	45
🏙️ Population	643K	2.15M

The cost of living in Athens is 28% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 4281st and 5540th ($1272 vs $992) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Greece and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Greece vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.4 months in Harare. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 656th and 6578th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Harare

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	Athens	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$10
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$50
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$638
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$54.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$113
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	14.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$1327
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$547
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$65.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$9.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$37
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$35.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$6241

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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 Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$794
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$723
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$730
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$752
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$597
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$854
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$947
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$825
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$766
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$738
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$700
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1003
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$507
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$492
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$587
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$624
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$457
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$688
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$493
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$541
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$675
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$917
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1018
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$540
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$583
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$875
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$566
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$631
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$776
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$525
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$748
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$961
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$795