Crete vs Detroit - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Detroit
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$2064
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$4936
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$2122
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$605
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$3270
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	77
😀 Quality of life	56	86
🏙️ Population	623K	639K

The cost of living in Crete is 44% less expensive than in Detroit. Cities ranked 4640th and 1678th ($1150 vs $2064) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1488th in Greece and the United States, respectively. Check Greece vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.6 months in Detroit. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Detroit ranked 83rd in the United States, while ranked 5717th and 315th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Detroit

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	Crete	Detroit
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$65.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$5.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1182
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$960
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2340
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1705
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$231
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$59.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1377
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1283
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$65.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$2.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$5.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$3.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$9.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$6.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$3.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$39.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$18.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$48.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$85.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$1288
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$16893

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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 Detroit

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Windsor	$1694
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Hamtramck	$2042
14 km or 8.6 mi	Dearborn	$2064
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lincoln Park	$1962
16 km or 9.8 mi	Allen Park	$2070
16 km or 10 mi	Ferndale	$2086
17 km or 10 mi	Wyandotte	$1786
17 km or 11 mi	Eastpointe	$2017
18 km or 11 mi	Madison Heights	$2102
18 km or 11 mi	Warren	$1957
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Park	$2071
19 km or 12 mi	Southgate	$1936
19 km or 12 mi	Royal Oak	$2093
20 km or 12 mi	Dearborn Heights	$2062
21 km or 13 mi	Roseville	$2022
21 km or 13 mi	Taylor	$2175
21 km or 13 mi	Southfield	$2083
22 km or 14 mi	St. Clair Shores	$2030
22 km or 14 mi	Inkster	$2087
24 km or 15 mi	Garden	$2032
26 km or 16 mi	Amherstburg	$1724
27 km or 17 mi	Birmingham	$2059
28 km or 17 mi	Sterling Heights	$2040
28 km or 17 mi	Livonia	$1940
29 km or 18 mi	Troy	$1963
29 km or 18 mi	Westland	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Clinton Township	$2077
31 km or 19 mi	Romulus	$2081
32 km or 20 mi	Farmington Hills	$2390
37 km or 23 mi	Rochester Hills	$2019
39 km or 24 mi	Novi	$2288
40 km or 25 mi	Pontiac	$1837
42 km or 26 mi	Auburn Hills	$1959
54 km or 34 mi	Monroe	$1706
58 km or 36 mi	Ann Arbor	$2238
71 km or 44 mi	Chatham-Kent	$1778
86 km or 54 mi	Toledo	$1593
88 km or 54 mi	Burton	$1607
88 km or 54 mi	Port Huron	$1943
89 km or 55 mi	Sarnia	$1527