Athens vs Sao Tome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Sao Tome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$2253
🏠 One person rent	$616	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$626
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$37.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$252
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	90	1
😀 Quality of life	78	22
🏙️ Population	643K	65.5K

The cost of living in Athens is 41% more expensive than in Sao Tome. Cities ranked 4281st and 6047th ($1272 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Greece and Sao Tome and Principe, respectively. Check Greece vs Sao Tome and Principe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.3 months in Sao Tome. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Sao Tome ranked 1st in Sao Tome and Principe, while ranked 656th and 8798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Sao Tome

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	Athens	Sao Tome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$8.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$283
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$608
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	7.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$1445
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$123
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$4.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$3.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$17.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$63.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$126
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$3685

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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 Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590