Athens vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$616	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	90	68
😀 Quality of life	78	46
🏙️ Population	643K	2.1M

The cost of living in Athens is 217% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 4281st and 8953rd ($1272 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in Greece and Pakistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 656th and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Rawalpindi

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	Athens	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272