Athens vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$616	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	93
😀 Quality of life	78	87
🏙️ Population	643K	1.38M

The cost of living in Athens is 16% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4281st and 3363rd ($1272 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Greece and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Greece vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 656th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Prague

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	Athens	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120