Athens vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Athens	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1287	$2231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3188	$5578
🏠 One person rent	$633	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$2603
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1070	$3155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	99
😀 Quality of life	78	94
🏙️ Population	664K	2.15M

The cost of living in Athens is 42% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4210th and 1216th ($1287 vs $2231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd in Greece and France, respectively. Check Greece vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 560th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Paris

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	Athens	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$8.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$3.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$1007
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$3026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$2200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$32.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$12958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3082	$9199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.5	$91.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.53	$5.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$24.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$9.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.09	$4.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.37	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$483	$838
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10293	$16502

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381