Crete vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$2058
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$4930
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$3074
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	32	94
😀 Quality of life	63	95
🏙️ Population	623K	626K

The cost of living in Crete is 37% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 4484th and 1833rd ($1303 vs $2058) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 94th 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 0.8 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in Glasgow. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5605th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Glasgow

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	Crete	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$96.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$6.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$1172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$4064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$3045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$21.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$85.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$118
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$1138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$18105

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429