Athens vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$616	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	90	90
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	643K	1.51M

The cost of living in Athens is 42% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4281st and 1352nd ($1272 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Greece and Germany, respectively. Check Greece vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 656th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Munich

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	Athens	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560