Cost of living comparison
Austin is 93.3% more expensive than Greece.
If you lived in Austin instead of Greece, you would:
pay 85.5% more for restaurants
Greece
|
Austin
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$13.17
€12.63
|
$18.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$9.11
€8.73
|
$10.00
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$2.07
€1.99
|
$2.62
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.60
€0.57
|
$2.21
|
|
pay 78.2% more for groceries
Greece
|
Austin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.33
€1.28
|
$3.60
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$6.30
€6.04
|
$6.37
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.99
€5.75
|
$3.94
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.02
€3.86
|
$3.37
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.23
€4.05
|
$4.71
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.88
€0.85
|
$2.33
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.85
€0.82
|
$0.69
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.58
€0.55
|
$1.94
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.87
€0.84
|
$1.61
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.51
€0.49
|
$1.25
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.57
€0.54
|
$1.25
|
|
pay 1.1% less for transportation
Greece
|
Austin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.55
€7.24
|
$3.04
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$40.19
€38.53
|
$45.00
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$28,316.80
€27,149.39
|
$35,000.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.82
€13.25
|
$16.55
|
|
pay 2.8 times more for housing
Greece
|
Austin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$32.82
€31.46
|
$70.43
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$524.36
€502.75
|
$2,280.66
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$392.21
€376.04
|
$1,508.91
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$175.68
€168.43
|
$134.36
|
|
pay 3.5 times more for childcare
Greece
|
Austin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$413.12
€396.09
|
$1,465.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$6,332.60
€6,071.52
|
$21,625.00
|
|
pay 48.2% more for entertainment and sports
Greece
|
Austin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$4.40
€4.22
|
$6.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.49
€3.35
|
$5.31
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.94
€4.74
|
$9.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$48.72
€46.71
|
$54.50
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$8.82
€8.46
|
$14.00
|
|
pay 16.7% more for clothing
Greece
|
Austin
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$83.64
€80.19
|
$63.62
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$37.83
€36.27
|
$52.38
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.15
€79.72
|
$89.78
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$93.42
€89.57
|
$134.79
|
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