Cost of Living in Santorini, 🇬🇷 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 $1,232 $1,232 $1,457 $896 $896

Utilities — — — — —

Internet & Mobile 6 23 3 $16 $40 $56 $40 $1

Groceries 9 $108 $270 $649 $216 —

Transportation 5 10 $204 $134 $310 $56 $33

Dining Out 19 20 $1,365 $506 $910 $213 $71

Leisure Activities 11 13 14 $231 $127 $253 $127 $11

Health Insurance 12 $68 — — — $2

Visa & Legal Fees 22 $21 $21 $84 — —

Total $3,245 $2,330 $3,719 $1,548 $1,014

Itemized prices

Local prices converted to the selected currency.

Housing

Apartment (1 bedroom) 2 $896.36 $728 – $1,232 per month

Coworking Space 11 $104.20 per month

Airbnb (1 month) 2 3 $1,232.49 $896 – $1,569 per month

Coliving Space — per month

Food & Dining

Coffee 19 $5.15 per cup

Beer 19 $8.75 per pint

Meal (Inexpensive) 20 $20.17 per meal

Fast Food Combo 8 $12.94 per meal

Apples 9 $2.71 per kg

Bread 9 $1.59 per loaf

Milk 9 $1.17 per liter

Rice 9 $3.62 per kg

Chicken Fillets 9 $13.12 per kg

Beef 9 $18.25 per kg

Wine (Mid-range) $8.96 per bottle

Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 20 $80.67 per meal

Water (1.5L bottle) 20 $1.68 per bottle

Transportation

Taxi Start 10 $2.02 per trip

Taxi per km 10 $1.01 per km

Monthly Transport Pass 5 $56.02 per month

Gasoline 7 $2.43 per liter

Ride-hailing (5km) 10 $7.06 per trip

Scooter Rental $370.03 per month

Services

Mobile Plan 6 $16.25 per month

Internet (60 Mbps+) 23 $23.53 per month

Gym Membership 13 $84.03 per month

Tennis Court (Weekend) $16.81 per hour

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

Entertainment

Cinema Ticket 14 $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 16 $14.57 per visit

Laundry 21 $2.80 per kg

Healthcare

Doctor Visit (GP) 15 $33.61 per visit

Pharmacy (basic meds) 17 $3.84 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, Mykonos, Athens

Change history

Oct 31, 2026
- Method Generated Researched
- Airbnb (1 month) 2454.25 1232.49
- Apartment (1 bedroom) 1026.71 896.36
- Apples 2.57 2.71
- Beef 17.1 18.25
- Beer 4.85 8.75
40 more changes
- Bread 2.46 1.59
- Chicken Fillets 11.99 13.12
- Cinema Ticket 11.97 10.64
- Coffee 3.99 5.15
- Coliving Space 1082.97 not set
- Coworking Space 228.13 104.2
- Dining Out local 153.59, nomad 966.22, expat 454.28, family 452.87, tourist 79.75 local 212.89, nomad 1364.71, expat 506.44, family 909.8, tourist 70.81
- Doctor Visit (GP) 62.73 33.61
- Fast Food Combo 11.41 12.94
- Gasoline 2.05 2.43
- Groceries local 341.07, nomad 125.18, expat 330.52, family 853.71, tourist 2.82 local 216.18, nomad 108.09, expat 270.23, family 648.55, tourist 0
- Gym Membership 51.34 84.03
- Haircut 25.67 14.57
- Health Insurance local 28.41, nomad 68.36, expat 91.14, family 227.85, tourist 5.7 nomad 68.13, tourist 2.24
- Housing local 569.61, nomad 2050.59, expat 1081.55, family 1762.27, tourist 136.71 local 896.36, nomad 1232.49, expat 1232.49, family 1456.58
- Internet & Mobile local 42.69, nomad 62.59, expat 62.73, family 85.37, tourist 4.55 local 39.78, nomad 16.25, family 56.02, tourist 1.34
- Internet (60 Mbps+) 45.64 23.53
- Jeans 85.51 56
- Laundry 10.86 2.8
- Leisure Activities local 39.67, nomad 255.97, expat 125.18, family 227.14, tourist 36.92 local 126.61, nomad 230.81, family 253.22, tourist 10.64
- Meal (Inexpensive) 16.01 20.17
- Meal (Mid-range, 2 people) 74.12 80.67
- Milk 1.89 1.17
- Mobile Plan 25.67 16.25
- Monthly Transport Pass 54.22 56.02
- Pharmacy (basic meds) 8.56 3.84
- Rice 2.17 3.62
- Ride-hailing (5km) 13.67 7.06
- Running Shoes 105.49 100.83
- SIM Card (Tourist, prepaid) 17.13 16.25
- Scooter Rental 34.18 370.03
- Summer Dress 51.34 42.54
- Taxi Start 4.85 2.02
- Taxi per km 2.06 1.01
- Tennis Court (Weekend) 25.67 16.81
- Transportation local 90.86, nomad 142.05, expat 158.65, family 340.36, tourist 25.6 local 56.02, nomad 204.37, expat 133.89, family 310.14, tourist 33.17
- Utilities local 96.62, nomad 28.13, expat 125.18, family 187.76, tourist 0 not set
- Visa & Legal Fees local 0, nomad 25.53, expat 56.97, family 102.39 local 0, nomad 21.01, expat 21.01, family 84.03
- Water (1.5L bottle) 1.71 1.68
- Wine (Mid-range) 21.66 8.96
Fix pass: Utilities, Health Insurance, Visa & Legal Fees, Haircut, Laundry, Doctor Visit (GP), Pharmacy (basic meds) — removed unsupported bills and resident premiums, normalized travel cover, cited the official visa fee table, labelled Athens proxies and corrected laundry to per kg and pharmacy to one priced purchase (homelaundryperissa.gr).

Santorini cost of living