Columbus vs Crete - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Columbus	Crete
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2127	$1360
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5086	$3211
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$647
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$1121
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$474
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$1212
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	73	32
😀 Quality of life	92	64
🏙️ Population	906K	623K

The cost of living in Columbus is 56% more expensive than in Crete. Cities ranked 1686th and 4439th ($2127 vs $1360) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1354th 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 0.9 months in Crete. Columbus ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Crete ranked 24th in Greece, while ranked 96th and 5413th 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	$18.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$57.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$5.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1328	$614
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$934	$459
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2183	$1110
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$845
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61	$37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	4.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3248	$4150
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2159	$3071
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$65.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.8	$8.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.61	$5.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$5.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$3.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$54.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$9.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.7	$39.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1272	$440
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24638	$5304

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2080
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2048
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1994
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2093
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1992
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2123
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1816
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2029
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1911
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1975
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1872
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1813
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1919
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1922
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1746
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1831
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1756
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1822
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1831
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1594
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1877
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1931
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1849
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1582
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1915
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1901
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1863
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1833
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1580
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1864
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1554
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2110
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1530
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1904
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1859
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1468
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1791
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1935

Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1329
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1207
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1320
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1900
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2084
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$937
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1497
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1663
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1468
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1410
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1304
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1318
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1240
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1169
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1462
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1187
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1069
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1286
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1279
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1426
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1322
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1139
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1046
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1165
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1031
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$893
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$359
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$822
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1272
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1199
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$803
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$627
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1040
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$724
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$897
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$680
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1104
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$767