Athens vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Athens	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1436	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3478	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$710	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1232	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.7	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1185	$809
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	54
😀 Quality of life	82	65
🏙️ Population	643K	1.33M

The cost of living in Athens is 65% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 4155th and 6377th ($1436 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 16th in Greece and Russia, respectively. Check Greece vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 611th and 5213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Kazan

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	Athens	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1214	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$950	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3810	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.9	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11493	$14288

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1291
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1192
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1177
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1636
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1415
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1477
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1127
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1055
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1224
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1026
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1143
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$930
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$2056
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1101
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1111
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1162
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$976
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1254
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1149
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1112
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1835
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1092
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$1067
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1245
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1174
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1225
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$1046
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1040
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1045
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$770
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$973
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1303

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917