Athens vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$616	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	46
😀 Quality of life	78	55
🏙️ Population	643K	1.2M

The cost of living in Athens is 77% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4281st and 6811th ($1272 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 24th in Greece and Russia, respectively. Check Greece vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 656th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Athens	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557