Athens vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$439
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$1168
🏠 One person rent	$675	$198
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$150
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$35.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$256
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	90	67
😀 Quality of life	78	49
🏙️ Population	643K	1.01M

The cost of living in Athens is 212% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 4177th and 8895th ($1366 vs $439) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Greece and Pakistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 658th and 6293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Islamabad

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	Athens	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$92
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$505
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	20.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$1307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$6.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$4.32
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$3.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$1.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$22.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$17.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$2.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$20.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$59.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$3133

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397