Athens vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$422
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1047
🏠 One person rent	$616	$145
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$225
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$46
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$550
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	90	5
😀 Quality of life	78	34
🏙️ Population	643K	115K

The cost of living in Athens is 201% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 4281st and 8915th ($1272 vs $422) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Greece and Bhutan, respectively. Check Greece vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 656th and 7592nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Thimphu

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	Athens	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$2.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$159
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$94.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$250
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$161
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$25.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	10.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$605
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$920
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.91
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$4.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$4.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$1.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$3.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$3.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$43.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$239
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$666

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$459
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$312
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$296
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$296
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$900
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$317
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$309
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$342
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$323
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$335
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$307
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$963
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$300
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$280
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$408
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$308
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$264
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$292
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$305
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$292
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$304
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$295
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$297
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$419
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$341
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$430
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$367
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$309
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$294
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$321
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$289
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$294
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$316
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$292
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$299
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$300