City comparison
Cost of living in Kraków vs Athens
One person needs about €1,260 a month in Kraków and €1,236 in Athens, rent included — Athens is 2% cheaper overall.
Salary you'd need to keep the same lifestyle
Enter your current net monthly pay. We scale it by the full cost basket — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, eating out and internet.
To live in Athens the way you live in Kraków on €3,000, you need
€2,943/ month net
2% less than today (-€57)
- Kraków today
- Basket €1,260 · left over €1,740 (58%)
- Athens at the matched salary
- Basket €1,236 · left over €1,707 (58%)
Local pay context: average tech net pay covers the basket 138% over in Athens (adequate) vs 222% in Kraków. Purchasing power index · How we calculate this
🇵🇱 Kraków
Warsaw salaries in a smaller, cheaper, prettier city.
Monthly budget: €1,260
Sources: Eurostat, Harmonised price indices (2025) · 0 community reports
🇬🇷 Athens
Cheapest euro-zone big city here, with the widest gap between local pay and expat pay.
Monthly budget: €1,236
Sources: ELSTAT + Eurostat, HICP & household budget survey (2025) · 164 community reports
Should you move to Kraków or Athens?
On salary, Kraków pays more for tech roles (€2,800 versus €1,700 a month), so the money left over after costs is €1,540 in Kraków at the top end.
Rent drives most of the gap: €780 in Kraków against €700 in Athens. Groceries, transport and utilities move far less between the two.
For remote workers, the nomad index scores Kraków at 81 and Athens at 71 — see the full nomad index and our data methodology.