Crete vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Crete	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$2295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3122	$5636
🏠 One person rent	$635	$1360
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$2398
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1169	$3514
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	32	88
😀 Quality of life	64	92
🏙️ Population	623K	488K

The cost of living in Crete is 42% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 4482nd and 1307th ($1324 vs $2295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 38th 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 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in Edinburgh. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Edinburgh ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5386th and 83rd 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	$15.1	$22.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.8	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.72	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.33	$8.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$2.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$1471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$449	$1081
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$2686
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$1966
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$245
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.6	$43.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	4.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3975	$6647
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$4795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$2.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62	$94.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1.1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$2.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.11	$22.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$50.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.21	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$433	$1749
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5223	$25458

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1291
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1166
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1302
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1863
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2043
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$953
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1472
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1439
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1298
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1307
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1228
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1146
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1439
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1182
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1037
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1264
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1160
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1253
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1403
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1311
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1123
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1024
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1008
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$875
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$358
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$883
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1253
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1179
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$811
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$617
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1038
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$719
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$933
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$682
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1109
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$743

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820