Athens vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$616	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$3273
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	59
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	643K	526K

The cost of living in Athens is 24% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4281st and 2788th ($1272 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 75th in Greece and Germany, respectively. Check Greece vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 656th and 107th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Nuremberg

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	Athens	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$13791

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557