Crete vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$638
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1494
🏠 One person rent	$530	$291
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$523
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$55.7
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	32	25
😀 Quality of life	56	34
🏙️ Population	623K	2.69M

The cost of living in Crete is 80% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 4640th and 7300th ($1150 vs $638) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Syria, respectively. Check Greece vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 5717th and 7688th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Damascus

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	Crete	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$34.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$262
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$67.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	13.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$10.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$3.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$5.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$3.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$3.81
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$2.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$21.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$47.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$48.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$1666

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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

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902