Athens vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Athens	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1287	$1608
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3188	$4004
🏠 One person rent	$633	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$1998
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$484
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1070	$818
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	90	8
😀 Quality of life	78	59
🏙️ Population	664K	24.7K

The cost of living in Athens is 20% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4210th and 3034th ($1287 vs $1608) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 560th and 5511th 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	$14.1	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$9.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$3.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$2.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$981
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$663
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$1936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$1722
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$66.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$130
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	16.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3082	$1289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.5	$23.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$44.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.53	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$20.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$5.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$9.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$6.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$3.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.09	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$90.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.37	$5.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$71.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$65.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$483	$158
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10293	$8062

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1235
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1172
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1097
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1137
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1475
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1467
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1359
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1134
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1047
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1086
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1129
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1038
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$887
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1974
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1090
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1037
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1058
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$943
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1186
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1067
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1738
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$945
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$937
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1047
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1169
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1015
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1177
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$825
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$984
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$647
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1009
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1144

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$585
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$587
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$805
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$461
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$452
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$776
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$784
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$829
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$718
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$493
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$770
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$706
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$600
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$622
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1417
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1439
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1144
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$353
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1127
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$600
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$536
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$815
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$486
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$524