Columbus vs Crete - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Columbus	Crete
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2202	$1144
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5415	$2828
🏠 One person rent	$1315	$446
🏘️ Family rent	$2574	$854
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$496
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3975	$1491
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	72	33
😀 Quality of life	87	60
🏙️ Population	906K	623K

The cost of living in Columbus is 92% more expensive than in Crete. Cities ranked 1282nd and 4581st ($2202 vs $1144) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1143rd and 17th 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 1.3 months in Crete. Columbus ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Crete ranked 17th in Greece, while ranked 202nd and 5333rd 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	$18.1	$29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$45.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.03	$3.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.89	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.5	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1415	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1025	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2997	$860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$84.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$129
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	4.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3125	$3523
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3122	$2157
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.9	$43.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$2.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$4.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$3.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$19.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$4.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$4.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.72	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.03	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43	$35.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$7.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$11
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.7	$87.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.3	$64.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10456	$4341

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2116
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2107
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$2030
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2125
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$2046
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2124
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1805
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$2032
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1985
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1935
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$2010
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1905
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1787
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1849
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1900
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1853
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1767
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1642
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1747
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1761
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1823
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1787
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1798
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1844
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1558
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1791
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1721
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$2055
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1919
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1803
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1587
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1857
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1486
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1886
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1768
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1844
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1819
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1491
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1659
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1861

Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1075
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1015
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1169
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1738
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1974
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$844
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1359
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1475
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1235
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1097
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1058
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1287
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1137
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1047
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1172
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1467
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1061
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1038
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1129
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$785
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$403
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$647
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1186
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1086
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$402
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$774
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$541
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$825
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$576
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$829
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$544
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1037
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$647