Athens vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$616	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	63
😀 Quality of life	78	50
🏙️ Population	643K	14.9M

The cost of living in Athens is 188% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4281st and 8872nd ($1272 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 3rd in Greece and Pakistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 656th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Karachi

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	Athens	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$1405

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552