Crete vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$2007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$4961
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$2044
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$235
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$3346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	84
😀 Quality of life	56	94
🏙️ Population	623K	1.91M

The cost of living in Crete is 43% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 4640th and 1818th ($1150 vs $2007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd in Greece and Germany, respectively. Check Greece vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.7 months in Hamburg City. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Hamburg City ranked 6th in Germany, while ranked 5717th and 40th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Hamburg City

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	Crete	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$83.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1071
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$755
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2236
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1550
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$318
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$8190
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$5824
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$52.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$8.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$58.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$233
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$24460

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321