Athens vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$675	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	92
😀 Quality of life	78	86
🏙️ Population	643K	1.38M

The cost of living in Athens is 17% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4177th and 3084th ($1366 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 0.8 months in Athens compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 658th and 292nd 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	$15.3	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$12545

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141