Athens vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$3028
🏠 One person rent	$675	$611
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$1253
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$740
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	90
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	643K	9.21M

The cost of living in Athens is 15% more expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 4177th and 4630th ($1366 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 6th in Greece and Mexico, respectively. Check Greece vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 658th and 3360th 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	$15.3	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$45.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$838
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$489
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$1747
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$1045
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	11.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$2781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$2233
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$22.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$5.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$53.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$94.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$8550

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709