Athens vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Athens	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1436	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3478	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$710	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1232	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.7	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1185	$832
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	8
😀 Quality of life	82	63
🏙️ Population	643K	24.7K

The cost of living in Athens is 9% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4155th and 3601st ($1436 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 611th and 5581st 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	$16.2	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.9	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.53	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.42	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$525	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1214	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$950	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.3	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3810	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3763	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.4	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.9	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.68	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.49	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.86	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.5	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$553	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11493	$8213

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1291
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1192
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1177
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1170
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1636
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1415
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1477
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1127
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1055
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1224
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1026
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1143
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$930
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$2056
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1101
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1111
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1162
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$976
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1254
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1149
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1112
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1835
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1092
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$1067
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1245
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1174
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1225
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$1046
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1040
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1045
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$770
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$973
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1303

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420