Columbus vs Crete - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Crete
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1150
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2795
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$978
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$414
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$997
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	73	32
😀 Quality of life	88	56
🏙️ Population	906K	623K

The cost of living in Columbus is 87% more expensive than in Crete. Cities ranked 1476th and 4640th ($2145 vs $1150) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 0.9 months in Crete. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Crete ranked 28th in Greece, while ranked 249th and 5717th 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	$18.9	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$48.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$9.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$873
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$743
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$176
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$32.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$3570
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$2751
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$11.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.06
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$7.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$4.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$5.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$48.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$8.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$34.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$77.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$386
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$4629

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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