Athens vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$616	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	99
😀 Quality of life	78	95
🏙️ Population	643K	2.15M

The cost of living in Athens is 44% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4281st and 1222nd ($1272 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Greece and France, respectively. Check Greece vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 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 656th and 25th 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	$15.1	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$16193

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293