Athens vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$616	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	43
😀 Quality of life	78	64
🏙️ Population	643K	1.08M

The cost of living in Athens is 65% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4281st and 6565th ($1272 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 3rd in Greece and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Greece vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 656th and 4554th 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	$15.1	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512