Athens vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Athens	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1439	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3529	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$713	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$1247	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$500	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.8	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1330	$2284
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	91	70
😀 Quality of life	81	78
🏙️ Population	643K	7.01M

The cost of living in Athens is 12% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4184th and 3485th ($1439 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 602nd and 899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Riyadh

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	Athens	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.86	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.57	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$523	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1206	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$967	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.5	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.68%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4032	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3350	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.18	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.14	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$623	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13579	$10912

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1307
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1298
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1160
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1253
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1264
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1228
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1182
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1439
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1636
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1403
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1472
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1024
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1037
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1179
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1008
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1143
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$932
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$2043
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1126
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1109
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1146
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$1003
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1253
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1171
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1126
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1863
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1100
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$1060
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1039
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1302
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1166
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1285
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$1038
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1048
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$883
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1030
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1324

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459