Athens vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$616	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$794
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	47
😀 Quality of life	78	62
🏙️ Population	643K	276K

The cost of living in Athens is 60% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 4281st and 6461st ($1272 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Greece vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 656th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Athens	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768