Crete vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Crete	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1144	$2043
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2828	$5104
🏠 One person rent	$446	$1223
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$2302
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$520
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1491	$3083
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	33	88
😀 Quality of life	60	93
🏙️ Population	623K	488K

The cost of living in Crete is 44% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 4581st and 1692nd ($1144 vs $2043) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 46th in Greece and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Greece vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in Edinburgh. Crete ranked 17th best city to live in Greece vs Edinburgh ranked 4th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5333rd and 64th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Edinburgh

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	Crete	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$78.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$8.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$6.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$2.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$2456
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$1867
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.2	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.26%	6.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3523	$6453
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2157	$4477
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$2.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$78.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$9.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.02
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.84	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.79	$17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$6.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.62	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$11	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.2	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.7	$95.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$1620
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4341	$14724

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1651
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1693
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1803
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1659
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1537
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1731
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1527
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$1884
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1734
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1399
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1524
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1514
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1723
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1520
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1632
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1910
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1681
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1833
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1673
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1702
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1661
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1644
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1706
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1430
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1630
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1566
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1629
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1657
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1554
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1251
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1321
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1411
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1568
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1305
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1532
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1719
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1666