“Bitter” Cappuccino in Athens: German Prices with Greek Salaries

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One of the most popular coffees in Greece, the cappuccino, has become a bitter pill to swallow, as its price is disproportionately high compared to consumers’ income.

According to research from the online platform Numbeo (a global database of consumer prices), a cappuccino in Athens costs €3.83.

While Athens ranks 56th in the EU on a list of cappuccino prices in 166 European cities, the price of €3.83 is similar to that in countries with much higher average incomes, such as Belgium or Germany.

For example, in Antwerp, a cappuccino costs €3.84, while the average monthly income in Belgium is around €3,900. In Stuttgart, a cappuccino costs €3.82, and the average monthly income in Germany is about €3,500.

The average monthly salary in Greece is close to €2,000, almost half that of Belgium and Germany.

Therefore, if one assumes that a Greek person drinks at least one cappuccino daily, they spend €115 each month, representing 5.75% of their income. In contrast, a German, consuming one cappuccino per day, spends approximately 3.3% of their income.

Here’s a breakdown of cappuccino prices (in euros) across various European cities, according to Numbeo:

  • Cork, Ireland: €4.02
  • Erlangen, Germany: €4.00
  • Leuven, Belgium: €3.99
  • Nuremberg, Germany: €3.99
  • Berlin, Germany: €3.97
  • Brussels, Belgium: €3.96
  • Liverpool, United Kingdom: €3.94
  • Haarlem, Netherlands: €3.93
  • Cologne, Germany: €3.93
  • Bremen, Germany: €3.87
  • The Hague, Netherlands: €3.86
  • Tallinn, Estonia: €3.86
  • Antwerp, Belgium: €3.84
  • Athens, Greece: €3.83
  • Stuttgart, Germany: €3.82
  • Heidelberg, Germany: €3.82
  • Rotterdam, Netherlands: €3.81
  • Thessaloniki, Greece: €3.80
  • Frankfurt, Germany: €3.80
  • Düsseldorf, Germany: €3.80
  • Graz, Austria: €3.80
  • Darmstadt, Germany: €3.77
  • Ghent, Belgium: €3.73
  • Maastricht, Netherlands: €3.72
  • Utrecht, Netherlands: €3.68
  • Hanover, Germany: €3.66
  • Warsaw, Poland: €3.64
  • Leipzig, Germany: €3.62
  • Lyon, France: €3.57
  • Dresden, Germany: €3.57
  • Dortmund, Germany: €3.56
  • Wrocław, Poland: €3.56
  • Almere, Netherlands: €3.55
  • Karlsruhe, Germany: €3.50
  • Delft, Netherlands: €3.48
  • Aachen, Germany: €3.48
  • Krakow, Poland: €3.48
  • Mannheim, Germany: €3.47
  • Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany: €3.46
  • Gdańsk, Poland: €3.41
  • Groningen, Netherlands: €3.39
  • Montpellier, France: €3.38
  • Leiden, Netherlands: €3.38
  • Eindhoven, Netherlands: €3.37
  • Riga, Latvia: €3.36
  • Tartu, Estonia: €3.35
  • Katowice, Poland: €3.34
  • Vilnius, Lithuania: €3.32
  • Poznań, Poland: €3.29
  • Bonn, Germany: €3.24
  • Łódź, Poland: €3.17
  • Bucharest, Romania: €3.12