Crete vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$530	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$754
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	32	95
😀 Quality of life	56	70
🏙️ Population	623K	9.5M

The cost of living in Crete is 88% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 4640th and 7543rd ($1150 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 199th in Greece and China, respectively. Check Greece vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.2 months in Foshan. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 5717th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Foshan

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	Crete	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$18096

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1093
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1052
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1131
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1659
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1838
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$1038
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1437
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1159
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1045
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1033
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1272
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1054
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1082
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1265
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1070
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1022
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$990
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$955
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1049
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$380
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$764
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1099
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$980
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$381
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$773
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$655
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$909
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$681
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$843
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$643
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1011
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$638

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642