Cost of living comparison
Athens is 19.3% cheaper than Dallas.
If you lived in Athens instead of Dallas, you would:
pay 28.6% less for restaurants
Dallas
|
Athens
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$20.00
|
$16.24
€14.69
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.00
|
$9.75
€8.81
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.62
|
$2.12
€1.92
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$2.08
|
$0.54
€0.49
|
|
pay 13.8% less for groceries
Dallas
|
Athens
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.53
|
$1.31
€1.19
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.45
|
$6.88
€6.22
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$3.57
|
$6.38
€5.76
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.48
|
$4.72
€4.26
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$5.73
|
$5.03
€4.55
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.22
|
$0.87
€0.78
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.67
|
$0.89
€0.80
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$2.18
|
$0.61
€0.55
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.99
|
$0.98
€0.88
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.65
|
$0.58
€0.52
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.31
|
$0.60
€0.54
|
|
pay 10.5% more for transportation
Dallas
|
Athens
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.06
|
$7.66
€6.93
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$95.00
|
$32.49
€29.37
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$32,000.00
|
$27,399.57
€24,772.45
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$16.92
|
$12.13
€10.97
|
|
pay 48.7% less for housing
Dallas
|
Athens
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$70.43
|
$32.57
€29.45
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$1,818.27
|
$630.26
€569.83
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,497.38
|
$532.87
€481.77
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$186.04
|
$165.03
€149.21
|
|
pay 38.5% less for childcare
Dallas
|
Athens
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$1,053.33
|
$482.99
€436.68
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$13,500.00
|
$10,389.46
€9,393.29
|
|
pay 16.6% less for entertainment and sports
Dallas
|
Athens
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$5.00
|
$5.41
€4.90
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$5.38
|
$3.62
€3.27
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$9.98
|
$4.98
€4.50
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$38.12
|
$46.52
€42.06
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$14.00
|
$9.75
€8.81
|
|
pay 0.3% more for clothing
Dallas
|
Athens
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$61.41
|
$89.99
€81.36
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$47.50
|
$34.83
€31.49
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$100.68
|
$95.37
€86.22
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$134.93
|
$116.71
€105.52
|
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