Athens vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Athens	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1436	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3478	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$710	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1232	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.7	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1185	$190
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	90	56
😀 Quality of life	82	44
🏙️ Population	643K	43.9K

The cost of living in Athens is 34% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4155th and 5084th ($1436 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Greece and the Palestine, respectively. Check Greece vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 611th and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Ramallah

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	Athens	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.2	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1214	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$950	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3810	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.9	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11493	$4130

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850