Atlanta vs Crete - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Atlanta	Crete
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2570	$1150
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5742	$2795
🏠 One person rent	$1586	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2465	$978
🍽️ Food expenses	$690	$414
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5431	$997
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	95	32
😀 Quality of life	90	56
🏙️ Population	499K	623K

The cost of living in Atlanta is 124% more expensive than in Crete. Cities ranked 704th and 4640th ($2570 vs $1150) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 650th and 11th in the United States and Greece, respectively. Check the United States vs Greece comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Atlanta compared to 0.9 months in Crete. Atlanta ranked 38th best city to live in the United States vs Crete ranked 28th in Greece, while ranked 165th and 5717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Atlanta vs Crete

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	Atlanta	Crete
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.1	$48.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$9.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.39	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$5.32	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$1.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1651	$476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1325	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2827	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2042	$743
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$32.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2730	$3570
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2292	$2751
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.7	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.1	$11.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.67	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.85	$2.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$7.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.58	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$4.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$5.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.13	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$48.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$8.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$34.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.7	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.6	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.9	$77.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27299	$4629

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Cities near Atlanta

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	East Point	$2339
11 km or 7 mi	Candler-McAfee	$2331
12 km or 7.7 mi	Brookhaven	$2277
17 km or 11 mi	Chamblee	$2284
17 km or 11 mi	Smyrna	$2441
19 km or 12 mi	Tucker	$2268
20 km or 13 mi	Sandy Springs	$2285
21 km or 13 mi	Stonecrest	$2254
22 km or 13 mi	Dunwoody	$2302
26 km or 16 mi	Marietta	$2319
29 km or 18 mi	Stockbridge	$2235
29 km or 18 mi	Peachtree Corners	$2282
31 km or 19 mi	Douglasville	$2166
31 km or 19 mi	Roswell	$2390
35 km or 22 mi	Johns Creek	$2290
35 km or 22 mi	Duluth	$2208
36 km or 22 mi	Kennesaw	$1993
37 km or 23 mi	Alpharetta	$2657
40 km or 25 mi	Woodstock	$1928
41 km or 26 mi	McDonough	$2195
43 km or 26 mi	Milton	$2435
43 km or 27 mi	Acworth	$1541
43 km or 27 mi	Lawrenceville	$1974
43 km or 27 mi	Peachtree	$2213
53 km or 33 mi	Canton	$2094
56 km or 35 mi	Newnan	$2148
58 km or 36 mi	Griffin	$2159
66 km or 41 mi	Carrollton	$2149
67 km or 42 mi	Winder	$2076
80 km or 49 mi	Gainesville	$2127
92 km or 57 mi	Rome	$1888
96 km or 59 mi	Athens	$1839
100 km or 62 mi	LaGrange	$2128
124 km or 77 mi	Macon	$1704
125 km or 78 mi	Dalton	$1636
128 km or 80 mi	Valley	$1652
133 km or 83 mi	Anniston	$1726
135 km or 84 mi	Oxford	$1736
146 km or 90 mi	Warner Robins	$1901
150 km or 93 mi	Columbus	$1982

Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1093
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1052
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1131
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1659
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1838
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$1038
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1437
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1159
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1045
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1033
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1272
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1054
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1082
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1265
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1070
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1022
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$990
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$955
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1049
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$380
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$764
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1099
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$980
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$381
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$773
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$655
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$909
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$681
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$843
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$643
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1011
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$638