Athens vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Athens	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1436	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3478	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$710	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$1232	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.7	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1185	$3627
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	56
😀 Quality of life	82	92
🏙️ Population	643K	526K

The cost of living in Athens is 19% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 4155th and 2865th ($1436 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 145th in Greece and Germany, respectively. Check Greece vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 611th and 132nd 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	$16.2	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1214	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$950	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3810	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.9	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11493	$15497

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1291
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1192
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1177
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1636
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1415
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1477
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1127
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1055
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1224
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1026
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1143
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$930
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$2056
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1101
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1111
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1162
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$976
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1254
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1149
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1112
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1835
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1092
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$1067
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1245
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1174
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1225
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$1046
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1040
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1045
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$770
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$973
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1303

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719