Crete vs Dhaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Dhaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$1123
🏠 One person rent	$612	$141
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$80.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$181
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	32	73
😀 Quality of life	63	57
🏙️ Population	623K	16.8M

The cost of living in Crete is 181% more expensive than in Dhaka. Cities ranked 4484th and 8829th ($1303 vs $464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Greece and Bangladesh, respectively. Check Greece vs Bangladesh comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Crete compared to 0.4 months in Dhaka. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Dhaka ranked 1st in Bangladesh, while ranked 5605th and 6151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Dhaka

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	Crete	Dhaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$2.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$12.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$5.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$95.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$274
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$172
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$22.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	11.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$4.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$8.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$3.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$0.88
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$19.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$4.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$2.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$18.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$46.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$57.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$1844

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1256
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1174
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1245
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1835
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2056
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$926
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1477
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1291
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1177
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1162
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1436
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1170
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1055
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1415
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1284
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1127
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1026
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$884
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$361
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$770
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1254
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1224
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$799
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$595
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1046
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$686
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$846
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$652
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1111
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$760

Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$352
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$362
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$312
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$282
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$301
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$300
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$287
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$274
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$321
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$286
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$294
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$320
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$313
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$328
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$315
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$320
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$297
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$456
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$320
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$327
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$312
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$318
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$323
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$366
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$308
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$354
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$333
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$302