Athens vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$616	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	90	100
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	643K	1.8M

The cost of living in Athens is 31% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4281st and 2225th ($1272 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 51st in Greece and Canada, respectively. Check Greece vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 656th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Montreal

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	Athens	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692