Athens vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$675	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$1018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	90	7
😀 Quality of life	78	61
🏙️ Population	643K	133K

The cost of living in Athens is 6% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 4177th and 4342nd ($1366 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Greece and Maldives, respectively. Check Greece vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.8 months in Male. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 658th and 5145th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Male

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	Athens	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$3225

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352