Brisbane vs Crete - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Crete
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1186
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2974
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1056
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$99.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1043
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	66	33
😀 Quality of life	97	72
🏙️ Population	2.36M	623K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 110% more expensive than in Crete. Cities ranked 781st and 4641st ($2491 vs $1186) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 17th in Australia and Greece, respectively. Check Australia vs Greece comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.9 months in Crete. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Crete ranked 6th in Greece, while ranked 15th and 1944th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Crete

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	Brisbane	Crete
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$49.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$4.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$2.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$352
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$932
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$795
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$35.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$3592
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$3109
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$44.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$5.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$5.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$45.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$8.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$84.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$3997

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612