Complete Cost of Living in Greece 🇬🇷 Monthly Costs since Moving to Naxos

In this week's video we're discussing the cost of living on the island of Naxos, Greece. We've spent the past month or so in Naxos and longer than that in Greece and we're discussing all the costs associated with living on a Greek Island in the Cyclades during the shoulder season (we're in Naxos in October).

We go through all the costs we could think of including:

Housing - cost to rent an apartment

Utilities associated with the rental Including:
Cable/Internet
Water
Electricity

Restaurants/Eating out

Groceries

Phone Plans - We've been using the App Airalo for our eSims. To get $3 off your first purchase use code ANNA2082 or TREVOR1536

Transportation costs (public transportation, car rental)

Gas

We hope this video helps you figure out the affordability and cost of living here in Greece. If you have any questions, comments or anything additional to add, leave a comment below!

#greece #naxos #costofliving #europe

0:00 Cost of Living in Greece
0:54 Accommodations
3:32 Electricity / Power
4:41 Water
4:49 Internet / Cable
5:20 Restaurants
7:32 Groceries
9:48 Travel Insurance
10:23 Mobile Phones / Data
11:35 Transportation
12:37 Gas / Petrol
13:18 Wrap Up

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[TheCyricson]

From a Greek, 1500 is REALLY high, you can rent a good apartment for 400 euros, total bills and rent would be like 550 euros. Another 300 euros for groceries if you cook at home and thats all. At most 900 euros combined, so 450 to each one of you. Everything else would be just fun.

2024 update...rents are much higher nowdays.

[Gk-uggu]

Everything you get in Greece is kilos. Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish etc. Three major telecommunications services in Greece are Cosmote, Vodafone and Wind. Cosmote seems to be the most expensive but has the best coverage. Vodafone has some pretty good deals but you can't catch solid signal everywhere and Wind is cheaper but the least good. Of course all of them are trash compared to the ones in abroad. Yeah gas has skyrocketed. From 1.6-1.7 € per liter now over 2€. Groceries are kinda expensive if you consider that most Greeks earn like 900-1000€ on average per month. In General life has become more expensive, wages staying at the same level and unemployment is still a big problem.

[Sydneysider]

Just returned from spending almost 7 weeks in Greece - all of August and some of September.
I bought a Cosmote SIM card with unlimited data for €12 a month!
It’s all you need when using an app to make calls and send texts.

[sarahjane]

I love how you guys keep it oh so so real. Also, your intro song is my absolute FAVOURITE! From one Canadian to another, much love <3

[livingmy.]

I've always wanted to go to Greece! 😍 Thanks for sharing this info about costs of being there 💛

[manos]

9:00 Any price for meat you see, will refer to kilograms.
Chicken ~4e,
Pork ~ 4-7e
Lamb and veal ~ 9-15e depending on cuts.
These are median prices, and not for prepped meat. eg chicken breasts usually go for 10e/kg but you can get the whole chicken for 4e/kg.

edit: Also for the love of Dionysus don't buy box wine!! There are several decent local wines for 5-8e/bottle. (750ml)

[colleenc]

Thank you for some very useful information to take into consideration for anyone thinking about living in Greece! 🇬🇷

[kikibutterfly]

I’m from Toronto Canada, thank you for sharing this video, it’s very helpful to understand many aspects of life in Greece. It is interesting to hear about the portions of food being so large😳. You both look like your very happy in Greece.🥰🥰🥰

[thrakiamaria]

Guys in Europe we are using the metric system, there is no pound in Greece, we are using kilos.

[BucketListTravellers]

You've just beat us to it - we have our Greece cost of living video scheduled for this Sunday. We're interested to see how our costs compare to yours

[nickolassyropoulos]

Coming to Naxos in June with family. Very excited!

[DougieTravels]

This is one of the most beautiful islands in Greece even at that season the ocean is still nice no pool needed

[ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas]

1500 and i would live like a princess in Greece

[AussieAngeS]

This is so informative and very helpful guys, thank you so much. Greece is just amazing, it looks so breathtaking I really want to go for sure one day hopefully in the future. Best wishes and stay safe ❤️

[bobyonker]

Thanks for sharing. Glad to see you guys traveling around. Any plans to go to Portugal? We moved there two years ago and really enjoy it.

[justme-fesf]

Hey guys, no offense intended, but I wanted to mention that your video might not be as helpful to many people since you're not actually living in Greece, despite the title of your video. It seems like you're having an extended stay there. If anyone is genuinely interested in getting an accurate idea of the cost of living in Greece, I would recommend checking out a vlogger called "A Girl and Her Passport." She provides detailed information about the real cost of living in Greece. What you guys are doing is more like an Airbnb during the low season, which may be useful for someone planning a similar extended stay in Greece during that time. However, "living" ( given you used that word ) in Greece on a long-term basis is a whole different experience.

[juliannadougherty]

ok, thanks. Can you let us know HOW you find rentals? Sites that are rental agencies? Or are you vrbo'ing it? Thanks

[midlifetravelbug]

Great video guys! We can't wait until we get to Greece one day :)

[alisonmcgowan]

For everyone saying its expensive, many areas; of Greece only have work 5 to 6 months of the year and if its on an island then there's additional transport costs too which obviously hike the prices up. People want guaranteed sunshine now so thw tourist season is shorter than it once was so if people want to eat souvlaki on the beach in August you will have to pay a little more to cover the the income of people who wont have a job when there are no visitors.

[spekenbonen]

Living on an island is a no-no if you want to keep expenses low.
And depending on if you live at the coast or a few kilometers inland can save you a lot as well.
Or historical places can make living expensive.
I tried moving to Rhodes in 2018. Learned a lot. Specially about the people of Greece.
They had solutions to every problem I came across.
Had to move back to The Netherlands in 2019 (still have a lot of regrets, not staying in Greece).
For expats, lesson no. 1 is to get a notary official or a good lawyer who can help you with the basics (like getting a tax number and EFKA (everything social) arranged)
Don't be put off by having to visit places several times to get papers done (so to speak). Even the first thing you need to arrange is 3x appointment to the local police station (you need to register where you live and get credentials checked (they don't allow felons in greece, you need to prove you have an income and a contract for your residence. All this costs €1, 50....).
Good luck to everyone giving it a go though.