Athens vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$616	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	90	19
😀 Quality of life	78	38
🏙️ Population	643K	7.01M

The cost of living in Athens is 100% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 4281st and 7314th ($1272 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 137th in Greece and China, respectively. Check Greece vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 656th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Zhumadian

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	Athens	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$8598

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504