Athens vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$1307
🏠 One person rent	$675	$210
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$392
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	60
😀 Quality of life	78	56
🏙️ Population	643K	1.42M

The cost of living in Athens is 171% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4177th and 8657th ($1366 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 17th in Greece and Ukraine, respectively. Check Greece vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 658th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Kharkiv

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	Athens	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$2513

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$451
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$473
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$449
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$533
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$457
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$679
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$506
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$576
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$546
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$456
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$469
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$405
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$508
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$419
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$432
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$471
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$491
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$513
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$465
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$450
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$422
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$534
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$627
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$572
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$795
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$469
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$416
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$508
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$507
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$537
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$529