Crete vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$612	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$140
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	35
😀 Quality of life	63	42
🏙️ Population	623K	863K

The cost of living in Crete is 83% more expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 4484th and 7031st ($1303 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Greece and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Crete compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 5605th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Dushanbe

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	Crete	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$7848

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393