Cost of Living in Ios, 🇬🇷 Greece - For Locals, Nomads, and Tourists

Researched Updated Oct 29, 2026 Last changed Oct 31, 2026 About costs

Cost breakdown

Digital nomad: short-term stay (1-3 months). Furnished Airbnb or coliving near center, coworking, eating out ~3x/day, travel health insurance.

Expat: long-term resident (1+ years). Renting apartment in center, mix of cooking and dining out, local health insurance, settled lifestyle.

Family: middle-class 4-person family. 2-3 bedroom in suburbs, groceries for 4, international school, car/transport, family health plan.

Local: budget-conscious local resident. Renting outside center, cooking at home, public transport, local phone plan.

Tourist: short-stay visitor (1-14 days). Hotel/Airbnb nightly, all meals at restaurants, taxis, sightseeing.

CategoryCost

Housing 2 3 5 $1,008 $717 $1,219 $717 $101

Utilities — — — — —

Internet & Mobile 6 7 $16 $44 $60 $44 $1

Groceries 12 13 14 15 16 $73 $327 $653 $272 —

Transportation 4 5 19 29 $230 $63 $147 $63 $22

Dining Out 18 27 28 $650 $250 $387 $121 $29

Leisure Activities 21 22 18 27 $175 $117 $211 $117 $22

Health Insurance 9 $67 — — — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 10 11 $7 $7 $32 — —

Total $2,226 $1,525 $2,709 $1,334 $177

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 2 3 $717.09 $574 – $932 per month

Coworking Space 20 $104.20 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 5 2 $1,008.40 $504 – $1,513 per month

Coliving Space 5 2 $756.30 per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 18 17 $3.42 per cup

Beer 27 17 $5.60 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) $16.81 per meal

Fast Food Combo 18 17 $12.94 per meal

Apples 16 17 $2.71 per kg

Bread 13 17 $1.68 per loaf

Milk 12 17 $1.18 per liter

Rice 15 17 $1.57 per kg

Chicken Fillets 16 17 $13.12 per kg

Beef 14 17 $14.79 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) 16 17 $8.96 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) $56.00 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) $0.67 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 19 $2.02 per trip

Taxi per km 19 $1.01 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 4 $49.30 per month

Gasoline 8 $2.40 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 19 $7.06 per trip

Scooter Rental 5 $336.13 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 6 $16.25 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 7 $27.90 per month

Gym Membership 21 $84.03 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) 25 $16.81 per hour

SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 6 $16.25 one-time

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 22 $10.64 per ticket

Clothing

Jeans $56.00 per pair

Summer Dress $42.54 per dress

Running Shoes $100.83 per pair

Personal Care

Haircut 24 $14.57 per visit

Laundry 26 $0.56 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 23 $33.61 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) $5.60 per purchase

About these costs

Method: Researched
Last updated: Oct 29, 2026
Last changed: Oct 31, 2026
Exchange rate: 1 USD = 0.8925 EUR on Oct 22, 2026

Checked against the sources below and compared with similar cities. Numbers in the list point to these sources.

Compared with Hanoi, Sofia, Antiparos, Aegina

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 1085.78 1008.4
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 540.78 717.09
- Apples 2.46 2.71
- Beef 13.67 14.79
- Beer 4.84 5.6
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- Bread 1.82 1.68
- Chicken Fillets 9.4 13.12
- Cinema Ticket 9.69 10.64
- Coffee 3.99 3.42
- Coliving Space 655.4 756.3
- Coworking Space 153.59 104.2
- Dining Out local 102.67, nomad 797.45, expat 312.23, family 627.28, tourist 73.84 local 121.46, nomad 649.58, expat 250.08, family 387, tourist 28.74
- Doctor Visit (GP) 51.2 33.61
- Fast Food Combo 9.12 12.94
- Gasoline 2.11 2.4
- Groceries local 313.64, nomad 125.18, expat 341.77, family 825.58, tourist 2.89 local 272.11, nomad 72.56, expat 326.53, family 653.06, tourist 0
- Gym Membership 42.76 84.03
- Haircut 18.78 14.57
- Health Insurance local 22.51, nomad 65.4, expat 102.39, family 284.1, tourist 2.89 local 0, nomad 67.2, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 483.82, nomad 1140.63, expat 855.12, family 1312.22, tourist 108.3 local 717.09, nomad 1008.4, family 1219.05, tourist 100.84
- Internet & Mobile local 39.88, nomad 62.59, expat 59.92, family 79.75, tourist 1.73 local 44.15, nomad 16.25, family 60.39, tourist 1.34
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 42.69 27.9
- Jeans 71.17 56
- Laundry 10.24 0.56
- Leisure Activities local 34.04, nomad 313.64, expat 113.64, family 255.27 local 117.09, nomad 175.01, expat 116.53, family 210.64, tourist 21.85
- Meal (Inexpensive) 13.67 16.81
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 62.59 56
- Milk 1.62 1.18
- Mobile Plan 21.66 16.25
- Monthly Transport Pass 39.88 49.3
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 8.3 5.6
- Rice 2.28 1.57
- Ride-hailing (5km) 9.68 7.06
- Running Shoes 91.14 100.83
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 17.09 16.25
- Scooter Rental 25.67 336.13
- Summer Dress 39.88 42.54
- Taxi Start 4.27 2.02
- Taxi per km 1.71 1.01
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 19.98 16.81
- Transportation local 45.57, nomad 125.46, expat 108.3, family 255.97, tourist 22.72 local 63.42, nomad 230.14, family 147, tourist 22.07
- Utilities local 96.62, nomad 28.13, expat 113.64, family 147.82, tourist 0 not set
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, expat 28.55, family 45.71 local 0, nomad 7, expat 7, family 32.21
- Water (1.5L bottle) 0.91 0.67
- Wine (Mid-range) 12.55 8.96
Meal (Inexpensive), Meal (Mid-range, 2 people), Water (1.5L bottle), Pharmacy (basic meds), Jeans, Summer Dress and Running Shoes keep their earlier amounts without citations, listed under Not verified (blocked or dead pages; Numbeo alone is not sufficient); Coffee, Fast Food Combo, Wine (Mid-range), Bread, Milk, Beef, Beer, Taxi Start, Taxi per km, Monthly Transport Pass, Mobile Plan, Internet (60 Mbps+), Gym Membership, Tennis Court (Weekend), Cinema Ticket, Ride-hailing (5km), Haircut and the Groceries basket inputs re-labelled with explicit borrowed-price notes and re-verified sources.

Ios cost of living