Palaio Faliro, Athens
- Population
- 64,000
- Coordinates
- 37.93Β° N, 23.70Β° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Athens
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,486 a month in Palaio Faliro, Athens, rent included: 75% less than in New York. The average net salary is $976 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Palaio Faliro, Athens; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%47
- Safetycountry20%52
- Health carecountry15%54
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%51
- Connectivitycountry10%37
- Cost10%54
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Palaio Faliro, Athens | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $13.20 | $25.00 | β47% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $57.40 | $140 | β59% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $10.68 | $14.00 | β24% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.74 | $8.00 | β28% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.74 | $10.00 | β43% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.16 | $6.37 | β50% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.30 | $3.80 | β39% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.50 | $2.89 | β83% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.83 | $1.36 | +35% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.34 | $4.68 | β71% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.18 | $6.97 | β69% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.94 | $5.73 | β49% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $16.65 | $17.38 | β4% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $12.55 | $15.11 | β17% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $14.35 | $17.77 | β19% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.93 | $6.11 | β68% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.84 | $2.20 | β16% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.26 | $5.77 | β78% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $1.82 | $6.25 | β71% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.95 | $3.47 | β73% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.90 | $4.17 | β78% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.86 | $2.72 | β68% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.88 | $2.50 | β65% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $13.09 | $20.00 | β35% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.01 | $3.21 | β37% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.76 | $3.96 | β30% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $5.45 | $19.00 | β71% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.61 | $3.00 | β46% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $45.92 | $140 | β67% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $3.44 | $3.00 | +15% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | β | $2.18 | β |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | β | $42.00 | β |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.02 | $1.10 | +84% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $22,959 | $35,458 | β35% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $28,699 | $25,309 | +13% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $32.72 | $73.50 | β55% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $22.96 | $71.93 | β68% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $57.40 | $126 | β54% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | β | $62.38 | β |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $9.18 | $23.00 | β60% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $402 | $3,366 | β88% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $5,166 | $60,589 | β91% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | β | $72.80 | β |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $45.92 | $53.22 | β14% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | β | $118 | β |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | β | $125 | β |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $631 | $4,417 | β86% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $660 | $3,033 | β78% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,473 | $9,242 | β84% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,301 | $5,461 | β76% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $2,870 | $18,759 | β85% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $2,698 | $6,523 | β59% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $976 | $5,178 | β81% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | β | 6.49% | β |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | $631 | $976 |
| Jun 2026 | β | β | β |
| Dec 2025 | 65.7 | $648 | $1,001 |
| Nov 2025 | 64.3 | $634 | $980 |
| May 2025 | 62.4 | $615 | $951 |
| Dec 2024 | 58.0 | $572 | $885 |
| Oct 2024 | 60.0 | $596 | $921 |
| Aug 2024 | β | $503 | $949 |
| Jul 2024 | β | β | $925 |
| May 2024 | β | β | $925 |
| Feb 2024 | 64.6 | β | $918 |
| Jan 2024 | 65.6 | β | $866 |
| Dec 2023 | 69.8 | $491 | $765 |
| Nov 2023 | 59.7 | $477 | $742 |
| Oct 2023 | 59.6 | $476 | $741 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Greece's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Palaio Faliro, Athens yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Palaio Faliro, Athens. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Palaio Faliro, Athens on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Palaio Faliro, Athens yet.
- Annual mean
- β
- Warmest month
- β
- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
- β
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Palaio Faliro, Athens.
Internet
Greece median; city not listed- Upload
- 20Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 11ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 133Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 20ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 14.3Years of income, 90 mΒ² flat
- Price to rent
- 18.4Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 5.4%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- β20-year fixed
- 80 mΒ² in the centre
- 19.6Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
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About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 2Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 86%5 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026