Athens vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Athens	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1439	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3529	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$713	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$1247	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$500	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.8	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1330	$961
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	8
😀 Quality of life	81	49
🏙️ Population	643K	24.7K

The cost of living in Athens is 12% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4184th and 3452nd ($1439 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 0.9 months in Athens compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 602nd and 6808th 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	$16.5	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.9	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.86	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.57	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$668	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$523	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1206	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$967	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.5	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.68%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4032	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3350	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.39	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.7	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.18	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.14	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.99	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.95	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.79	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.4	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$623	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13579	$8750

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1307
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1298
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1160
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1253
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1264
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1228
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1182
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1439
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1636
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1403
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1472
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1024
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1037
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1179
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1008
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1143
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$932
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$2043
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1126
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1109
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1146
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$1003
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1253
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1171
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1126
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1863
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1100
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$1060
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1039
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1302
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1166
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1285
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$1038
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1048
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$883
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1030
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1324

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415