Columbus vs Crete - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Columbus	Crete
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2181	$1303
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5273	$3083
🏠 One person rent	$1256	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$2214	$1051
🍽️ Food expenses	$662	$461
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$115
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3957	$1100
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	72	32
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	906K	623K

The cost of living in Columbus is 67% more expensive than in Crete. Cities ranked 1512th and 4484th ($2181 vs $1303) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1292nd and 9th 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 1.8 months in Columbus compared to 0.8 months in Crete. Columbus ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Crete ranked 30th in Greece, while ranked 217th and 5605th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Crete

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	Columbus	Crete
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.3	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$57.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.21	$5.16
☕ Cappuccino	$4.98	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$2.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1298	$556
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2399	$1017
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1787	$771
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$244	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.7	$37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3028	$4155
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2566	$3011
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$61.3	$58.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$5.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$1.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.25	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$8.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.88	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.33	$5.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.04	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$3.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$9.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.1	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$95
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$89.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1105	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28983	$5111

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2105
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2091
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2020
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2094
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2030
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2084
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1836
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2014
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2028
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1951
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2019
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1932
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1933
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1933
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1954
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1928
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1918
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1842
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1918
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1934
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1947
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1961
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1965
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1571
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1942
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1917
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2025
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1980
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1957
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1684
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1850
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1495
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2188
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1482
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1899
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1922
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1493
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1743
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$2061

Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1256
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1174
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1245
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1835
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2056
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$926
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1477
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1291
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1177
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1162
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1436
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1170
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1055
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1415
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1284
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1127
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1026
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$884
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$361
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$770
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1254
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1224
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$799
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$595
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1046
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$686
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$846
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$652
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1111
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$760