Cost of living comparison
Greece is 19.3% cheaper than San Juan.
If you lived in Greece instead of San Juan, you would:
pay 19.2% less for restaurants
San Juan
|
Greece
|
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$17.00
|
$12.71
€11.88
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
|
$8.10
€7.57
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.85
|
$1.99
€1.86
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.71
|
$0.68
€0.63
|
|
pay 42.3% less for groceries
San Juan
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$3.10
|
$1.16
€1.08
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.47
|
$4.97
€4.65
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.22
|
$5.63
€5.26
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$4.69
|
$3.81
€3.56
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$4.67
|
$3.64
€3.40
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$2.40
|
$0.86
€0.80
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$1.21
|
$0.86
€0.80
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$1.82
|
$0.62
€0.58
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$2.01
|
$0.83
€0.77
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$1.72
|
$0.53
€0.50
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$1.29
|
$0.48
€0.45
|
|
pay 21.2% more for transportation
San Juan
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$3.80
|
$8.80
€8.23
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$32.50
|
$40.24
€37.62
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,000.00
|
$22,158.38
€20,715.54
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$23.50
|
$13.03
€12.18
|
|
pay 49.2% less for housing
San Juan
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$64.44
|
$34.83
€32.57
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$2,053.12
|
$429.23
€401.28
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$1,320.00
|
$358.56
€335.21
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$170.67
|
$172.07
€160.86
|
|
pay 36.6% less for childcare
San Juan
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$523.81
|
$341.10
€318.89
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$10,900.00
|
$6,725.16
€6,287.25
|
|
pay 8.7% less for entertainment and sports
San Juan
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.00
|
$4.08
€3.82
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$3.43
|
$3.33
€3.11
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$10.00
|
$5.12
€4.79
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$61.43
|
$45.22
€42.28
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$9.00
|
$8.85
€8.27
|
|
pay 0.1% less for clothing
San Juan
|
Greece
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$47.50
|
$76.36
€71.39
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$49.17
|
$36.41
€34.04
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$97.00
|
$77.82
€72.75
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$117.38
|
$99.20
€92.74
|
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