Ranked relocation benchmark
Best cities to move to from Athens
Ranked by real 10-year net worth math, not a vibe score — every destination is run through the same simulator, scaled from a Athens software-engineer benchmark offer ($62.5K).
Top destination from Athens right now: Manchester, NH at $235k over 10 years after taxes and cost of living. 136 of 329 destinations beat staying in Athens on this benchmark.
| # | City | Net delta | Break-even | Score | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | St. Louis | +$205k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 5 | Buffalo | +$201k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 6 | El Paso | +$200k | Yr 1 | 10.0 | View → |
| 7 | Detroit | +$198k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 8 | Birmingham | +$195k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 9 | Des Moines | +$194k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 10 | Memphis | +$194k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 11 | Charlotte | +$193k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | +$193k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 13 | San Jose | +$190k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 14 | Charleston, WV | +$189k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 15 | Milwaukee | +$187k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 16 | Oklahoma City | +$187k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 17 | Dubai | +$186k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 18 | Omaha | +$186k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 19 | Cheyenne | +$186k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 20 | Albuquerque | +$185k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 21 | Austin | +$185k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 22 | Boise | +$183k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 23 | Dallas | +$183k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 24 | Cincinnati | +$183k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 25 | Kansas City | +$182k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 26 | Richmond | +$181k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 27 | Providence | +$179k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 28 | Virginia Beach | +$178k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 29 | San Antonio | +$177k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 30 | Baltimore | +$176k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 31 | Tucson | +$176k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 32 | Houston | +$174k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 33 | Raleigh | +$173k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 34 | Hartford | +$172k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 35 | Jacksonville | +$170k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 36 | Philadelphia | +$169k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 37 | Wilmington | +$169k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 38 | Columbus | +$169k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 39 | Charleston, SC | +$167k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 40 | Nashville | +$165k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 41 | Sacramento | +$165k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 42 | Las Vegas | +$164k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 43 | Fort Worth | +$163k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 44 | Boston | +$161k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 45 | Tampa | +$159k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 46 | Cleveland | +$157k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 47 | Portland, ME | +$156k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 48 | Phoenix | +$156k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 49 | Louisville | +$155k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 50 | Salt Lake City | +$150k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 51 | Portland | +$148k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 52 | Abu Dhabi | +$147k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 53 | Burlington | +$146k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 54 | Atlanta | +$146k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 55 | San Francisco | +$143k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 56 | Wichita | +$143k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 57 | Fargo | +$143k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 58 | Denver | +$141k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 59 | Indianapolis | +$139k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 60 | Little Rock | +$138k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 61 | Chicago | +$135k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 62 | New Orleans | +$134k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 63 | San Diego | +$134k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 64 | Sioux Falls | +$130k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 65 | Miami | +$128k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 66 | Billings | +$128k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 67 | Los Angeles | +$121k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 68 | Jackson | +$119k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 69 | Zurich | +$118k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 70 | Minneapolis | +$117k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 71 | Washington D.C. | +$115k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 72 | New York | +$109k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 73 | Anchorage | +$106k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 74 | Singapore | +$103k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 75 | Geneva | +$89k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 76 | Bern | +$89k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 77 | Honolulu | +$85k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 78 | Monaco | +$83k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 79 | Doha | +$78k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 80 | Luxembourg City | +$71k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 81 | Sofia | +$63k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 82 | Riyadh | +$59k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 83 | Jeddah | +$59k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 84 | Hong Kong | +$51k | Yr 1 | 9.0 | View → |
| 85 | Kuwait City | +$47k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 86 | Manama | +$41k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 87 | Vienna | +$38k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 88 | Valletta | +$34k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 89 | Brussels | +$32k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 90 | Antwerp | +$32k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 91 | Toronto | +$30k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 92 | Tel Aviv | +$29k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 93 | Sydney | +$26k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 94 | Nicosia | +$26k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 95 | Taipei | +$25k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 96 | Ljubljana | +$24k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 97 | Vilnius | +$23k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 98 | Melbourne | +$22k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 99 | Warsaw | +$18k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 100 | Kuala Lumpur | +$18k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 101 | Almaty | +$18k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 102 | Astana | +$18k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 103 | Jerusalem | +$17k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 104 | Copenhagen | +$16k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 105 | Aarhus | +$16k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 106 | Muscat | +$16k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 107 | Helsinki | +$15k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 108 | Tampere | +$15k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 109 | Zagreb | +$15k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 110 | Minsk | +$15k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 111 | Bucharest | +$14k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 112–116 | 5 Australia citiescountry-level estimate | +$10k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 117 | Panama City | +$8k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 118–121 | 4 Turkey citiescountry-level estimate | +$8k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | — |
| 122 | Budapest | +$7k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 123 | Bratislava | +$6k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 124 | Riga | +$5k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 125 | Kraków | +$5k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 126 | Wrocław | +$5k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 127 | Manchester | +$5k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 128–133 | 6 Canada citiescountry-level estimate | +$3k | Yr 5 | 6.0 | — |
| 134 | Bangalore | +$2k | Yr 1 | 8.0 | View → |
| 135 | Vancouver | +$2k | Yr 8 | 5.0 | View → |
| 136 | Seoul | +$217 | Yr 10 | 4.0 | View → |
| 137 | Santo Domingo | -$2k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 138 | Tallinn | -$2k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 139 | Santiago | -$3k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 140 | Prague | -$5k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 141 | London | -$5k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 142 | Bangkok | -$5k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 143 | Chiang Mai | -$5k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 144–154 | 11 China citiescountry-level estimate BeijingShanghaiGuangzhouShenzhenChengduChongqingWuhanNanjingHangzhouTianjinXi'an | -$6k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 155 | Baku | -$6k | Yr 1 | 7.0 | View → |
| 156 | Busan | -$9k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 157 | Incheon | -$9k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 158 | Port of Spain | -$9k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 159 | Colombo | -$11k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 160–163 | 4 United Kingdom citiescountry-level estimate | -$11k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 164 | Tripoli | -$11k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 165 | Kyiv | -$13k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 166 | Johannesburg | -$13k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 167 | Tbilisi | -$13k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 168 | Skopje | -$14k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 169 | Yerevan | -$15k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 170 | Mexico City | -$15k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 171 | Tehran | -$15k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 172 | Algiers | -$17k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 173 | Belgrade | -$17k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 174 | Ulaanbaatar | -$17k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 175 | Reykjavik | -$19k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 176 | Hanoi | -$19k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 177 | Ho Chi Minh City | -$19k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 178 | Sarajevo | -$19k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 179–186 | 8 India citiescountry-level estimate | -$20k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 187 | Edinburgh | -$20k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 188 | Glasgow | -$20k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 189 | Jakarta | -$21k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 190 | Bali (Denpasar) | -$21k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 191–194 | 4 Mexico citiescountry-level estimate | -$21k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 195 | Cairo | -$21k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 196 | Alexandria | -$21k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 197 | Tirana | -$22k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 198 | Buenos Aires | -$22k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 199 | Auckland | -$22k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 200 | Gaborone | -$23k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 201 | San José | -$24k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 202 | Durban | -$24k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 203 | Pretoria | -$24k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 204 | Asunción | -$24k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 205 | Cape Town | -$24k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 206 | Bogotá | -$26k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 207 | Tashkent | -$26k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 208 | Montevideo | -$26k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 209 | Berlin | -$27k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 210 | Córdoba | -$27k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 211 | Rosario | -$27k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 212 | Munich | -$27k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 213 | Harare | -$28k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 214 | Suva | -$29k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 215 | Havana | -$29k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 216 | Tunis | -$30k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 217 | Wellington | -$31k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 218 | Christchurch | -$31k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 219 | Medellín | -$31k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 220 | Cali | -$31k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 221 | Mumbai | -$31k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 222 | Frankfurt | -$31k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 223 | São Paulo | -$32k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 224 | Manila | -$32k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 225 | Tokyo | -$35k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 226–229 | 4 Germany citiescountry-level estimate | -$36k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 230 | Libreville | -$36k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 231 | Quito | -$37k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 232 | Guayaquil | -$37k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 233–239 | 7 Brazil citiescountry-level estimate Rio de JaneiroBrasíliaFortalezaBelo HorizonteManausCuritibaPorto Alegre | -$37k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 240 | Dhaka | -$37k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 241 | Guatemala City | -$39k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 242 | Baghdad | -$39k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 243–246 | 4 Japan citiescountry-level estimate | -$39k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 247 | Amsterdam | -$40k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 248 | Chișinău | -$40k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 249 | Dublin | -$41k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 250 | La Paz | -$41k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 251 | San Juan | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 252 | Oslo | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 253 | Lima | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 254 | Madrid | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 255–258 | 4 Netherlands citiescountry-level estimate | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 259 | Amman | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 260–262 | 3 Pakistan citiescountry-level estimate | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 263 | Paris | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 264 | Bishkek | -$42k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 265 | Barcelona | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 266 | Vientiane | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 267 | Windhoek | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 268 | Kathmandu | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 269–271 | 3 Nigeria citiescountry-level estimate | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 272–274 | 3 Morocco citiescountry-level estimate | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 275 | Bergen | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 276 | Trondheim | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 277–279 | 3 Spain citiescountry-level estimate | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 280 | Stockholm | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 281–286 | 6 France citiescountry-level estimate | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 287 | Kingston | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 288 | Caracas | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 289–295 | 7 Italy citiescountry-level estimate | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | — |
| 296 | Gothenburg | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 297 | Malmö | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 298 | Lisbon | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 299 | Porto | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 300 | Beirut | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 301 | Phnom Penh | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 302 | Yangon | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 303 | Kabul | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 304 | Naypyidaw | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 305 | Kinshasa | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 306 | Luanda | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 307 | Dar es Salaam | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 308 | Nairobi | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 309 | Mombasa | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 310 | Addis Ababa | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 311 | Khartoum | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 312 | Accra | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 313 | Abidjan | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 314 | Dakar | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 315 | Kampala | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 316 | Kigali | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 317 | Lusaka | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 318 | Maputo | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 319 | Antananarivo | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 320 | Bamako | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 321 | Yaoundé | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 322 | Douala | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 323 | Brazzaville | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 324 | Mogadishu | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 325 | Djibouti City | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 326 | Asmara | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 327 | Lilongwe | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 328 | Port Moresby | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
| 329 | Papeete | -$43k | Never | 1.0 | View → |
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