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Athens

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7.76 / 10

Onde Viver Bem · updated November 10, 2026

Technical notes for this page

Updated November 10, 2026. Indicative score. Weights: entertainment 11.73% (destinations and venues within 50 km); bars 3.73%; safety 15% with a penalty; water at country level; land price per m² = official source (ITBI, Terracap, registries, valuations) or listings with a caveat · coverage 100%

Athens has an indicative score of 7.76/10 in the World ranking of Onde Viver Bem, updated November 10, 2026. The strongest published variables are Culture (10.00), Entertainment (10.00) and Beach / mountains (10.00); the weakest are Safety (3.97), Mild climate (4.21) and Airport (7.00). The scores are indicative. Cost of living and the land price per m² are not part of the score.

Athens: view of the city — Athens. Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Wikimedia Commons.

safety: regional, not municipal, figure (Eurostat NUTS2); safety: robbery in a regional cut (Attica (General Police Directorate of Attica, NUTS2))

Land price per m²

US$ 2,916/m² (EUR 2,605)

unofficial GEOAXIS appraisal Q1 2025, Ampelokipoi neighbourhood · source

Collected November 10, 2026 · exchange rate EUR 0.89342 per US$ (Frankfurter API (ECB reference rates), 2026-11-09)

Note: Unofficial source. Value for a single neighbourhood (Ampelokipoi) in the municipality of Athens, a GEOAXIS market appraisal, not a transaction price.

Score breakdown

Each criterion's score, its weight in the total and the raw figure, linked to its source.

Safety · score 3.97 · weight 15.00% · sources: homicidios_100k_local (2.54) · obitos_indeterminados_100k (1.72) · roubo_razao_cidade_pais (2.16) · sensacao_seguranca_noite_pct (40.0)

raw: 2.54 per 100k pop. · 40% violent deaths (log 30→0, 0.5→10 per 100k) + 30% city robbery ÷ country average (log 5×→0, 0.5×→10) + 30% share who feel safe at night (lin 30%→0, 95%→10); any part without data: weights renormalized

Composite safety: violent deaths 2.5 per 100k → 6.0 (weight 40%) · robbery 2.16× the country average (Attica (General Police Directorate of Attica, NUTS2), 2024) → 3.6 (weight 30%) · 40.0% feel safe walking alone at night (Athina (greater city) EL001C, 2023) → 1.5 (weight 30%).

Beach / mountains · score 10.00 · weight 11.59% · sources: km_ate_praia_osm (15.0) · km_ate_relevo_montanhoso (15.0) · osm_cachoeiras_50km (6.0) · osm_areas_protegidas_50km (31.0) · osm_trilhas_rota_50km (52.0) · osm_mirantes_50km (193.0)

raw: 15.0 km · beach: distance log 5 km→10, 150 km→0; mountains: richness of nature leisure (mean of the top 3 of 4 counts, 50 km) × access (1 up to 15 km → 0 at 150 km, log), 0 with no relief; score = min(10, max(beach, mountains) + 0.3·min)

Water · score 8.13 · weight 9.94% · sources: wb_estresse_hidrico_pais (20.326) · wb_agua_gerida_segura_pais (96.686)

raw: 20.326 % withdrawal / available resources · average: stress log 100%→0, 10%→10; safe water lin 50%→0, 100%→10

Parks · score 8.71 · weight 9.94% · sources: osm_parques_2km (137.0) · osm_parques_municipio (440.0)

raw: 137.0 count of OSM objects · 50% log1p(count within 2 km), 60→10 + 50% log1p(per 10k pop.), 15→10

Sun · score 7.20 · weight 9.94% · sources: radiacao_solar_global (1791.5)

raw: 1791.5 kWh/m²/year · lin 1000→0, 2100→10 kWh/m²/year

Restaurants · score 8.37 · weight 9.11% · sources: osm_restaurantes_2km (657.0) · osm_restaurantes_municipio (994.0) · overture_restaurantes_2km (1313.0) · overture_restaurantes_municipio (2133.0)

raw: Average of two mapping sources, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (Overture count ÷ K, K = median Overture/OSM ratio across the 39 cities: 2.57 within 2 km, 3.41 in the municipality); each source: 50% log1p(count within 2 km), 1000→10 + 50% log1p(per 10k pop.), 30→10. Brazil: 50% of that score + 50% log1p(CNPJ per 10k pop. ÷ K), 30→10

Entertainment · score 10.00 · weight 11.73% · sources: osm_destinos_entretenimento_50km (30.0) · osm_arenas_grandes_50km (108.0)

raw: 138.0 count of OSM objects (destinations + venues, 50 km) · log1p(destinations + stadiums/music venues), 120→10; 50 km radius

A1ed, radius 50 km: 30.0 destinations (theme_park/zoo/aquarium/water_park) + 108.0 stadiums/music venues (stadium, music_venue, concert_hall). Left out: events_venue, sports_centre, theatre, amusement_ride, amusement_arcade. OpenStreetMap via ohsome.

Bars · score 7.96 · weight 3.73% · sources: osm_bares_2km (253.0) · osm_bares_municipio (345.0) · overture_bares_2km (534.0) · overture_bares_municipio (785.0)

raw: Average of two mapping sources, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (Overture count ÷ K, K = median Overture/OSM ratio across the 39 cities: 2.48 within 2 km, 3.20 in the municipality); each source: 50% log1p(count within 2 km), 500→10 + 50% log1p(per 10k pop.), 10→10. Brazil: 50% of that score + 50% log1p(CNPJ per 10k pop. ÷ K), 10→10

Mild climate · score 4.21 · weight 4.97% · sources: dias_conforto_termico (138.9)

raw: 138.9 days/year · lin 0→0, 330→10 days/year

Health · score 8.95 · weight 4.97% · sources: wb_expectativa_vida (81.839) · osm_hospitais_10km (64.0)

raw: 81.839 years · average: life expectancy lin 70→0, 85→10; Brazil: beds/10k pop. lin 0→0, 50→10; World: OSM hospitals within 10 km log1p 50→10

Clean air · score 7.47 · weight 4.14% · sources: pm25_media_anual (12.604)

raw: 12.604 µg/m³ · lin 35→0, 5→10 µg/m³ (WHO=5)

Airport · score 7.00 · weight 2.48% · sources: osm_aeroportos_iata_50km (1.0)

raw: 1.0 count of OSM objects · 0→0, 1→7, ≥2→10

Culture · score 10.00 · weight 2.48% · sources: osm_cultura_5km (371.0)

raw: 371.0 count of OSM objects · log1p(count), 150→10

The city

Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athēnai) is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica region and is one of the oldest cities in the world, its territory having been continuously inhabited for 3,400 years. Classical Athens, in the period of Ancient Greece, was a powerful polis (city-state) that grew alongside the development of the port of Piraeus. An artistic, educational and philosophical centre since antiquity, the city was home to Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, and is widely regarded as the cradle of Western civilization and of democracy, largely because of the impact of its cultural and political achievements in the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of Europe. Today it is a cosmopolitan metropolis and the economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural centre of Greece. In 2012 Athens was ranked the world's 39th richest city by purchasing power parity (PPP) and the 77th most expensive in a UBS AG study.

English rendering of the Portuguese Wikipedia summary linked below. Source: wikipedia_pt. Wikipedia revision 72748525 (2026-08-02T16:29:52Z).

Taxation

ΦΜΑ (Φόρος Μεταβίβασης Ακινήτων, property transfer tax): 3% + 3% of the tax for municipalities (≈ 3.09%). Base: taxable (objective) value or price, whichever is higher. New-build property may carry VAT (suspended until 2025/2026: to be checked) ΑΑΔΕ (Independent Authority for Public Revenue)

annual property tax (IBI/taxe foncière/ENFIA/IMU/固定資産税 etc.); no official local rate collected yet (we do not invent the figure). not collected in this round

Frequently asked questions

What is the Onde Viver Bem score for Athens?

Athens has an indicative score of 7.76/10 in the World ranking, updated November 10, 2026. Cost of living is not part of the score.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the score for Athens?

The strongest published variables are Culture (10.00), Entertainment (10.00) and Beach / mountains (10.00); the weakest are Safety (3.97), Mild climate (4.21) and Airport (7.00).

Does cost of living or the land price per m² enter the score?

No. Cost of living and the land price per m² appear on the page but are not part of the score. See the methodology.

How is the score calculated?

It is an indicative 0–10 quality-of-life index, with 13 variables and published weights. Safety has a 15% weight and, when local data exist, a lethal-violence penalty may cap the total. The full method is on the methodology page.

Are any figures on this page estimates?

This page has no value marked as an estimate. Each metric cites its source.