Athens vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Athens	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1439	$1475
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3529	$3516
🏠 One person rent	$713	$792
🏘️ Family rent	$1247	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$500	$447
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.8	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1330	$1122
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	91	93
😀 Quality of life	81	73
🏙️ Population	643K	9.21M

The cost of living in Athens is 2% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 4184th and 4074th ($1439 vs $1475) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th in Greece and Mexico, respectively. Check Greece vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.8 months in Mexico City. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 602nd and 2482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Mexico City

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	Athens	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63	$44
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.9	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.86	$3.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.57	$4.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$1061
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$523	$634
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1206	$1959
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$967	$1139
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$60.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.5	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.68%	11.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4032	$3972
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3350	$2110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.7	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$6.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.18	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.14	$5.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$2.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$6.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$58.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$69.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$623	$492
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13579	$13182

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1307
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1298
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1160
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1253
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1264
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1228
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1182
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1439
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1636
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1403
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1472
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1024
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1037
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1179
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1008
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1143
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$932
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$2043
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1126
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1109
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1146
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$1003
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1253
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1171
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1126
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1863
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1100
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$1060
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1039
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1302
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1166
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1285
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$1038
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1048
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$883
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1030
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1324

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005