Athens vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Athens	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1287	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3188	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$633	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1070	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	43
😀 Quality of life	78	63
🏙️ Population	664K	1.08M

The cost of living in Athens is 58% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4210th and 6335th ($1287 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 4th in Greece and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Greece vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 560th and 4845th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Nur-Sultan

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	Athens	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3082	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.5	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.53	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.09	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.37	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$483	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10293	$8086

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1235
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1172
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1097
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1137
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1475
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1467
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1359
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1134
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1047
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1086
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1129
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1038
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$887
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1974
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1090
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1037
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1058
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$943
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1186
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1067
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1738
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$945
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$937
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1047
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1169
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1015
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1177
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$825
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$984
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$647
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1009
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1144

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651