Athens vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Athens	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1439	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3529	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$713	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$1247	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$500	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.8	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1330	$4312
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	91	90
😀 Quality of life	81	94
🏙️ Population	643K	1.51M

The cost of living in Athens is 43% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4184th and 863rd ($1439 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 1.7 months in Munich. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 602nd and 44th 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	$16.5	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.9	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.86	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.57	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$523	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1206	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$967	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.5	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.68%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4032	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3350	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.7	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.18	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.14	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$623	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13579	$17274

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714