Athens vs Liverpool - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Athens	Liverpool
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1436	$1937
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3478	$4778
🏠 One person rent	$710	$1057
🏘️ Family rent	$1232	$1802
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$584
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.7	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1185	$3068
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	85
😀 Quality of life	82	91
🏙️ Population	643K	513K

The cost of living in Athens is 26% less expensive than in Liverpool. Cities ranked 4155th and 2203rd ($1436 vs $1937) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 132nd in Greece and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Greece vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 1.6 months in Liverpool. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Liverpool ranked 30th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 611th and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Liverpool

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	Athens	Liverpool
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$21.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$92.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$6.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1131
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1214	$2021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$950	$1330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$41.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3810	$3531
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$2577
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.9	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$3.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$20.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$4.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$3.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$1.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$35.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$18.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$81.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$88.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$1594
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11493	$16116

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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 Liverpool

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.7 km or 2.3 mi	Bootle	$1832
3.9 km or 2.4 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Wallasey	$1655
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Bebington	$1834
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Crosby	$1804
16 km or 10 mi	Formby	$1815
17 km or 10 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
17 km or 11 mi	St Helens	$1680
19 km or 12 mi	Widnes	$1873
21 km or 13 mi	Runcorn	$1883
25 km or 16 mi	Chester	$2023
26 km or 16 mi	Southport	$1813
27 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 18 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Rhyl	$1712
36 km or 22 mi	Chorley	$1828
36 km or 23 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
41 km or 26 mi	Wrexham	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Bolton	$2040
43 km or 27 mi	Altrincham	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Preston	$1652
45 km or 28 mi	Blackpool	$1682
45 km or 28 mi	Sale	$1968
46 km or 29 mi	Stretford	$2001
47 km or 29 mi	Salford	$2034
50 km or 31 mi	Blackburn	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Bury	$1759
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2265
51 km or 32 mi	Crewe	$1578
56 km or 35 mi	Droylsden	$1921
60 km or 37 mi	Rochdale	$1788
60 km or 37 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
60 km or 37 mi	Oldham	$1698
61 km or 38 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
65 km or 40 mi	Burnley	$1513
68 km or 43 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
71 km or 44 mi	Lancaster	$1839
71 km or 44 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
73 km or 45 mi	Morecambe	$1840
73 km or 46 mi	Leek	$1783