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🇬🇷 Greece vs 🇦🇹 Austria

Side by side on the data that actually changes your life: prices, taxes, climate, air, safety. Every number has a source and a date.

🇬🇷 Greece🇦🇹 Austria

Climate (capital)

Open-Meteo historical weather

Jan 11° · Jul 31° · Athens

Jan 1° · Jul 21° · Vienna

Air quality (capital)

WAQI, capital station

AQI 50 · Good

AQI 9 · Good

Prices vs EU average

Eurostat price level index, EU27 = 100

−13% (2025)

+13% (2025)

Taxes on salary

OECD tax wedge, single average worker

~39% of labour cost (2025)

~47% of labour cost (2025)

Special tax regimes

Official tax authorities, verified 2026-06

7% flat tax for foreign pensioners · 50% inbound-worker exemption

None curated

Inflation

World Bank

2.5% / yr (2025)

3.5% / yr (2025)

Messenger apps

OONI network measurements, 6-month window

All measured apps work

All measured apps work

Foreign-born residents

World Bank migrant stock

14.2% of population (2024)

25.5% of population (2024)

Life expectancy

WHO

80 yrs

81 yrs

Currency

ISO 4217

EUR

EUR

Timezone (capital)

Open-Meteo

UTC+3

UTC+2

Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 2026-07-07. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 2026-07-07. Sources shown per row.

Special tax regimes, verified

Regimes change often and many sites still advertise closed ones. We link the official source for each.

🇬🇷 Greece

7% flat tax for foreign pensioners

7% flat tax on all foreign income · 15 years

Verified 2026-06 · AADE (tax authority)

🇬🇷 Greece

50% inbound-worker exemption

Half of Greek employment income tax-free · 7 years

Verified 2026-06 · AADE (tax authority)

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