Athens vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$616	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	60
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	643K	246K

The cost of living in Athens is 30% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4281st and 2336th ($1272 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1917th in Greece and the United States, respectively. Check Greece vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 656th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Louisville

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	Athens	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974