embassly
Athens

Greece: embassies, consulates & entry rules

foreign missions here
138
Consulates
52
missions abroad
138
Visa-free / Visa on arrival
93
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Live & travel in Greece

Monthly budget
$2,950/mo
Prices vs USA: 66%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 0.897 EUR
US travel advisory
Level 1
Homicides / 100k: 0.8
travel.state.gov
Internet access
86%
of people online
Air quality
14.1
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Emergency
199 · 112 · 166
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug
Calling code
+30

Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Oct 22, 2025

4.0
/ 5
embassly score

Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept

  • Cost2.9
  • Safety5.0
  • Internet access4.4
  • Air quality4.0
  • Climate3.8
City guide: Athens
SOS · Greece199Restaurants, cafés and dishes in GreeceNeon · Restaurant Ammos · Avgolemono · Ghorayeba · Feta · Gyros · Pastitsio

Government consensus

Normal precautions· 3 of 3 governments
  • United StatesNormal precautions
  • United KingdomNormal precautions
  • CanadaNormal precautions

Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Digital nomad visa

  • Digital Nomad Visa (national long-term visa)Verified Nov 9, 2026
    Min. income: $3,900/moDuration: 12 months
    €3,500/month steady income (Greek embassy UK notice, 2021; MFA links to workfromgreece.gr)
    Official site

Programme rules change; always confirm on the official site linked on each card.

Upcoming public holidays

  • Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
  • Dec 26, 2026 · Boxing Day
  • Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
  • Jan 6, 2027 · Epiphany
  • Mar 15, 2027 · Clean Monday
  • Mar 25, 2027 · Annunciation, Anniversary of 1821 Revolution
  • Apr 30, 2027 · Good Friday
  • May 1, 2027 · Labour Day

Cities in Greece

Traveller essentials · Greece

Emergency
199 · 112 · 166 · 100
Calling code
+30
Currency
EUR
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug
Drives on the
right
Capital
Athens

Foreign missions in Greece

AfghanistanAthens1AlbaniaAthens1AlgeriaAthens1Antigua & BarbudaAthens1ArgentinaAthens1ArmeniaAthens1AustraliaAthens1AustriaAthens2AzerbaijanAthens1BangladeshAthens1BelgiumAthens2Bosnia and HerzegovinaAthens1BrazilAthens1BulgariaAthens, Thessaloniki2CanadaAthens1ChileAthens1ChinaAthens1Côte d’IvoireAthens1CroatiaAthens1CubaAthens1CyprusAthens, Thessaloniki2CzechiaAthens, Thessaloniki, Rhodes5DenmarkAthens2DR CongoAthens1EgyptAthens1EstoniaAthens1FinlandAthens, Ηράκλειο2FranceAthens, Πάτρα, Thessaloniki5GeorgiaAthens, Thessaloniki2GermanyAthens, Thessaloniki, Patras5HaitiAthens1HungaryAthens, Thessaloniki2IndiaAthens, Thessaloniki2IndonesiaAthens1IranAthens1IraqAthens1IrelandAthens, Thessaloniki4IsraelAthens1ItalyAthens, Αργοστόλι, Πάτρα4JamaicaAthens1JapanAthens1JordanAthens1KazakhstanAthens1KuwaitAthens1LatviaAthens1LebanonAthens1LibyaAthens1LithuaniaAthens1LuxembourgAthens1MaltaAthens1MexicoAthens1MoldovaAthens1MontenegroAthens1MoroccoAthens1NetherlandsAthens, Corfu3NigeriaAthens1North MacedoniaAthens1NorwayAthens, Ιαλυσός, Ηράκλειο3PakistanAthens1PalestineAthens1PanamaAthens1PeruAthens1PhilippinesAthens1PolandAthens2PortugalAthens1QatarAthens1RomaniaAthens1RussiaAthens, Thessaloniki2Saudi ArabiaAthens1SerbiaAthens1SlovakiaAthens1SloveniaAthens2South AfricaAthens1South KoreaAthens1SpainAthens, Thessaloniki2SudanAthens1SwedenAthens, Ιαλυσός, Ηράκλειο3SwitzerlandAthens, Thessaloniki2SyriaAthens1ThailandAthens1TunisiaAthens1TürkiyeAthens, Komotini, Rhodes5UkraineAthens, Thessaloniki2United Arab EmiratesAthens1United KingdomAthens, Corfu, Crete5United StatesAthens, Thessaloniki2UruguayAthens1Vatican CityAthens1VenezuelaAthens1VietnamAthens1

Greece missions abroad

AlbaniaTirana3AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra3AustriaVienna2AzerbaijanBaku1BangladeshDhaka1BelgiumBrussels1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BrazilBrasília1BulgariaSofia, Plovdiv2CanadaOttawa1ChileLas Condes1ChinaBeijing1Costa RicaSan José1CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague2DenmarkCopenhagen1DR CongoKinshasa1EgyptCairo, Alexandria2EstoniaTallinn1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FinlandHelsinki, Turku2FranceParis, Marseille, 6th arrondissement of Lyon4GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Munich, Düsseldorf6GuatemalaGuatemala City1HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv, Jerusalem2ItalyRome, Trieste, Naples7JapanTokyo1JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana1KenyaNairobi1KosovoPristina1KuwaitKuwait City1LatviaRiga1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1LithuaniaVilnius1LuxembourgLuxembourg1MaltaValletta1MexicoMexico City1MontenegroPodgorica1MoroccoRabat, Casablanca2NetherlandsThe Hague2NigeriaAbuja1North MacedoniaSkopje, Bitola2NorwayOslo1PakistanIslamabad1PalestineJerusalem1PanamaPanama City1PeruLima1Philippinesماكاتي1PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1QatarDoha1Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Новороссийск4Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade1SeychellesVictoria1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava, Košice2SloveniaLjubljana1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Barcelona2SwedenStockholm2SwitzerlandBern, Geneva3SyriaDamascus1ThailandBangkok1TunisiaTunis2TürkiyeAnkara, Konak, Istanbul5UkraineKyiv, Odesa3United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C., Boston, San Francisco4UruguayMontevideo1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi1ZimbabweHarare1

Who can enter Greece without a visa?

Visa-free93
Visa required105

Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.

Frequently asked questions

Embassies & consulates in Greece?

138 missions, 90 countries.

Emergency: Greece?

199 (fire department), 112 (emergency), 166 (emergency medical services), 100 (police)

Who can enter Greece without a visa?

93: Albania, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Brunei…