Athens vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$616	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	72
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	643K	7.01M

The cost of living in Athens is 22% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4281st and 2911th ($1272 vs $1637) 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 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 656th and 733rd 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	$15.1	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529