Athens vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Athens	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1436	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3478	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$710	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$1232	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.7	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1185	$3954
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	90	90
😀 Quality of life	82	94
🏙️ Population	643K	1.51M

The cost of living in Athens is 42% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4155th and 920th ($1436 vs $2463) 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 0.8 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 611th and 61st 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	$16.2	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1214	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$950	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3810	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.9	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11493	$14492

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1291
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1192
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1177
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1636
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1415
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1477
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1127
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1055
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1224
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1026
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1143
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$930
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$2056
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1101
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1111
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1162
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$976
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1254
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1149
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1112
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1835
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1092
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$1067
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1245
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1174
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1225
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$1046
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1040
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1045
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$770
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$973
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1303

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730