Athens vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Athens	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1436	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3478	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$710	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1232	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.7	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1185	$2496
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	90	73
😀 Quality of life	82	80
🏙️ Population	643K	7.01M

The cost of living in Athens is 12% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4155th and 3418th ($1436 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 0.8 months in Athens compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 611th and 759th 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	$16.2	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1214	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$950	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3810	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.9	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11493	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463