Athens vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$675	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	8
😀 Quality of life	78	58
🏙️ Population	643K	24.7K

The cost of living in Athens is 12% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4177th and 3466th ($1366 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Greece and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Greece vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 658th and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Victoria

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	Athens	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$8081

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482