Greece
Hellenic Republic
- Capital
- Athens
- Region
- Southern Europe
- Population, 2025
- 10 million
- Currency
- EUR
- Area
- 131,990 km²
Across Greece's 78 priced cities, one person needs about $1,406 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $1,175.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
60out of 100
- Purchasing power25%52
- Safety20%54
- Health care15%59
- Climate10%93
- Air quality10%86
- Connectivity10%43
- Cost10%49
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.
- Livability rank among countries
- #62
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
58.4
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
12.8
New York = 100
Purchasing power
88.9
New York = 100
One person
$1,406
A month, rent included
Net salary
$1,175
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$560
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$26,948
2025
Growth
+2.1%
2025
Unemployment
8.5%
2025
Inflation
2.5%
2025
Life expectancy
81.8 years
2024
Internet users
86%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 44%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Lowest income tax rate
- 9%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 22%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 24%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 15%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 13.4%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 21.8%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 20%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 54.0
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 46.0
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 0.8
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #86 worldwide
- 91
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #28 worldwide
- 133
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +27%
Cities in Greece
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Patras | 64 | 55.6 | $500 | $1,175 | 100.6 | 168K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 2Kallithéa | 62 | — | — | — | — | 100.6K | Low confidence |
| 3Larissa | 61 | 57.8 | $408 | $1,187 | 106.4 | 146.9K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 4Heraklion | 59 | 60.6 | $647 | $1,142 | 83.9 | 137.2K | High confidence, 24 contributors |
| 5Piraeus (Pireas) | 59 | 59.1 | $560 | $1,102 | 87.0 | 163.7K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 6Thessaloniki | 58 | 60.6 | $633 | $1,193 | 88.3 | 317.8K | High confidence, 127 contributors |
| 7Ioannina | 57 | 56.4 | $471 | $1,099 | 95.4 | 65.6K | High confidence, 29 contributors |
| 8Peristeri | 57 | 57.6 | $522 | $789 | 65.0 | 140K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 9Athens | 56 | 61.5 | $748 | $1,301 | 88.9 | 664K | High confidence, 302 contributors |
| 10Chania | 56 | 62.2 | $648 | $1,336 | 96.5 | 53.9K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 11Orestiada | 56 | 52.4 | $348 | $1,333 | 134.3 | 16.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 12Kifisia (Kifissia) | 56 | 60.0 | $631 | $2,009 | 149.8 | 47.3K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 13Corfu | 56 | 55.6 | $742 | $1,171 | 84.8 | 40K | High confidence, 29 contributors |
| 14Molaoi | 56 | 61.5 | — | $1,740 | 140.6 | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 15Preveza | 56 | 45.0 | $404 | $1,169 | 123.7 | 17.3K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 16Drama | 56 | 52.4 | $316 | $1,186 | 122.9 | 44.8K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 17Lamia | 55 | 54.3 | $290 | $1,176 | 121.6 | 52K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 18Thiva | 55 | 51.7 | $344 | $1,170 | 119.4 | 32.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 19Igoumenitsa | 55 | 54.0 | $319 | $1,160 | 117.3 | 9.5K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 20Serrai | 55 | 55.0 | $344 | $1,172 | 114.5 | 58.3K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 21Katerini | 54 | 55.6 | $340 | $1,157 | 112.5 | 53.3K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 22Mytilene | 54 | 51.6 | $348 | $1,091 | 111.0 | 28.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 23Melissia | 54 | 56.2 | — | $1,392 | 119.3 | 22.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 24Samos | 54 | 53.9 | $276 | $1,022 | 107.6 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 25Kozani | 54 | 52.0 | $393 | $1,119 | 109.0 | 36.5K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 26Livadeia | 54 | 49.4 | $325 | $976 | 104.5 | 21.5K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 27Agrinio | 53 | 54.5 | $344 | $1,033 | 101.6 | 46.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 28Sparta | 53 | 52.2 | $344 | $976 | 98.9 | 16.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 29Xanthi | 53 | 55.0 | $406 | $1,089 | 101.0 | 48.2K | Medium confidence, 16 contributors |
| 30Komotini | 53 | 53.2 | $363 | $1,004 | 98.7 | 45.6K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 31Tripolis | 53 | 60.3 | $399 | $1,187 | 104.1 | 26.6K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 32Arta | 53 | 52.0 | $348 | $928 | 93.9 | 21.9K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 33Veria | 53 | 58.6 | $344 | $1,033 | 96.4 | — | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 34Kavala | 53 | 59.9 | $416 | $1,142 | 99.3 | 54K | High confidence, 33 contributors |
| 35Acharnes (Axarnai) | 52 | 50.9 | $459 | $1,010 | 94.3 | 99.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 36Rethymno | 52 | 55.8 | $569 | $1,244 | 101.1 | 32.5K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 37Corinth | 52 | 54.4 | $442 | $1,018 | 92.5 | 30.2K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 38Trikala | 52 | 59.4 | $459 | $1,129 | 95.5 | 61.7K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 39Florina | 52 | 57.6 | $287 | — | — | 17.7K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 40Zakynthos | 52 | 72.4 | $402 | $1,291 | 99.1 | 11.5K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 41Agios Nikolaos | 52 | 55.5 | $459 | $1,055 | 93.3 | 11.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 42Rhodes | 52 | 66.6 | $586 | $1,365 | 98.3 | 56.1K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 43Alexandroupoli | 51 | 58.4 | $488 | $1,071 | 89.7 | 53K | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 44Aspropyrgos | 51 | 54.4 | $452 | — | — | 30.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 45Nikaia | 51 | 53.7 | — | — | — | 89.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 46Nea Smyrni | 51 | 54.6 | — | — | — | 73.1K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 47Nea Makri | 51 | 54.8 | — | — | — | 18.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 48Vari | 51 | 54.4 | — | — | — | 16.7K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 49Pallini | 51 | 54.5 | — | — | — | 14.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 50Argostoli | 51 | 55.2 | — | — | — | 9.8K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 51Marathon | 51 | 54.8 | — | — | — | 7.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 52Koridallos (Korydalos) | 51 | 54.3 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 53Volos | 51 | 62.6 | $517 | $1,031 | 80.9 | 86K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 54Pyrgos | 51 | 52.1 | $344 | $769 | 78.0 | 22.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 55Nafpaktos | 51 | 56.0 | $517 | — | — | 13.4K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 56Ierapetra | 51 | 59.5 | $459 | — | — | 12.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 57Sitia | 51 | 59.2 | — | — | — | 8.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 58Chalcis (Chalkida) | 51 | 53.6 | $612 | $1,059 | 85.4 | 59.1K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 59Ptolemaida (Ptolemais) | 51 | 60.6 | — | — | — | 30K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 60Kastanoussa | 51 | 61.6 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 61Karditsa | 51 | 50.8 | — | $870 | 79.3 | 32.8K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 62Farsala | 51 | 61.1 | $516 | — | — | 10.4K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 63Eleusina (Elefsis, Eleusis) | 51 | 60.5 | $499 | $1,033 | 83.9 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 64Kilkis | 51 | 52.9 | $402 | $804 | 76.8 | 22.9K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 65Kalamata | 50 | 58.1 | $502 | $976 | 81.1 | 54.1K | High confidence, 20 contributors |
| 66Chalandri (Halandri) | 50 | 58.6 | $918 | $1,492 | 94.9 | 74.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 67Edessa | 50 | 56.2 | $359 | $784 | 74.5 | 18.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 68Argos | 50 | 48.5 | $436 | $727 | 71.4 | 22.2K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 69Nafplion | 50 | 62.9 | $517 | $1,014 | 79.4 | 14.6K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 70Syros | 50 | 54.5 | $601 | $976 | 78.6 | — | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 71Agia Paraskevi | 50 | — | $580 | — | — | 59.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 72Argyroupoli | 50 | — | — | — | — | 34.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 73Chios | 50 | — | — | — | — | 24K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 74Naousa | 50 | — | — | $986 | — | 19.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 75Aegina | 50 | — | $406 | $1,158 | — | 6.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 76Aegiali | 50 | — | — | $1,160 | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 77Kefalonia | 50 | — | $545 | $1,148 | — | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 78Chalki (Dodekanisa) | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 79Palaio Faliro, Athens | 49 | 56.9 | $631 | $976 | 75.1 | 64K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 80Naxos | 49 | 58.5 | $574 | $918 | 72.3 | 7.1K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 81Kastoria | 49 | 59.1 | $287 | $643 | 62.5 | 13.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 82Kos | 48 | 61.2 | $629 | $930 | 68.7 | 19.2K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 83Porto Rafti | 48 | 55.4 | $696 | $870 | 65.1 | 10.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 84Chalkidiki | 47 | 55.2 | $823 | $895 | 62.0 | — | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 85Glyfada | 45 | 60.8 | $1,263 | $1,267 | 66.5 | 87.3K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 86Mykonos (Mikonos) | 42 | 58.1 | $2,296 | $1,660 | 59.9 | 10.7K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 87Santorini | 41 | 72.8 | $1,645 | $1,224 | 51.1 | — | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |