Athens vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$675	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$591
😷 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 75% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4177th and 6525th ($1366 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 5th 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 658th and 4508th 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	$15.3	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$6243

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595