Athens vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$675	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$4332
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	61
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	643K	246K

The cost of living in Athens is 27% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4177th and 2276th ($1366 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1806th 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 0.8 months in Athens compared to 2.3 months in Louisville. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 658th and 251st 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	$15.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$13601

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954