Crete vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Crete	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1144	$1406
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2828	$3498
🏠 One person rent	$446	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$1355
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$446
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1491	$2906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	33	65
😀 Quality of life	60	88
🏙️ Population	623K	555K

The cost of living in Crete is 19% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4581st and 3786th ($1144 vs $1406) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 426th in Greece and Germany, respectively. Check Greece vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Crete compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Crete ranked 17th best city to live in Greece vs Dresden ranked 31st in Germany, while ranked 5333rd and 190th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Dresden

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	Crete	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$53.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$9.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$4.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$3.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$660
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$422
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$1317
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$955
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.2	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$43.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.26%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3523	$4611
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2157	$4133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$3.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$71.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.84	$5.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.79	$7.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$9.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$30
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.62	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.2	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.7	$89.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4341	$10601

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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

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1329
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1344
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1296
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1165
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1269
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1027
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1230
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1102
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1344
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1293
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1384
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1323
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1130
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1134
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1038
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1127
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1166
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1348
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1269
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1271
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1311
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1096
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1288
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1253
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$961
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1046
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1322
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1371
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1069
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1188
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1303