Athens vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$588
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$1720
🏠 One person rent	$675	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$736
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$175
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$41.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$239
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	90	66
😀 Quality of life	78	47
🏙️ Population	643K	1.96M

The cost of living in Athens is 132% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 4177th and 7921st ($1366 vs $588) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 40th in Greece and Iran, respectively. Check Greece vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.4 months in Isfahan. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Isfahan ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 658th and 6374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Isfahan

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	Athens	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$3.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$0.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$233
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$902
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$666
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$8.42
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$12.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	26.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$1202
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$621
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$2.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$2.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$5.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$0.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$0.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$1.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$16.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$1.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$20
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$82.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$559

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$545
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$527
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$575
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$490
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$489
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$472
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$462
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$518
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$507
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$577
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$559
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$542
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$673
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$588
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$693
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$583
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$689
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$588
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$690
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$470
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$559
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$720
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$537
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$708
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$797
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$701
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$675
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$696
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$706
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$558
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$699