Crete vs Edmonton - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Edmonton
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$1878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$4262
🏠 One person rent	$647	$1038
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$1712
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$570
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$3113
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	32	64
😀 Quality of life	64	90
🏙️ Population	623K	1.01M

The cost of living in Crete is 28% less expensive than in Edmonton. Cities ranked 4439th and 2524th ($1360 vs $1878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 79th in Greece and Canada, respectively. Check Greece vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.7 months in Edmonton. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Edmonton ranked 19th in Canada, while ranked 5413th and 193rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Edmonton

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	Crete	Edmonton
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$5.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$1034
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$1752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$1381
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$60
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$2368
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$2.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$74.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$3.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$19.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$4.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$3.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$14.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$4.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$4.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$47.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$58.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$48.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$86.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$762
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$10028

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1329
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1207
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1320
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1900
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2084
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$937
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1497
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1663
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1468
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1410
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1304
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1318
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1240
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1169
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1462
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1187
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1069
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1286
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1279
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1426
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1322
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1139
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1046
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1165
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1031
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$893
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$359
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$822
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1272
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1199
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$803
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$627
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1040
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$724
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$897
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$680
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1104
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$767

Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1775
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1841
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2118
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1801
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1815
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1993
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1672
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1773
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$1956
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2315
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1762
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2187
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2156
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2470
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2544
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1697
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1899
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2054
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2237
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2457
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2478
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2540
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2526
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2361
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009