Crete vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$1792
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$4490
🏠 One person rent	$647	$848
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$1458
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$3188
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	32	83
😀 Quality of life	64	92
🏙️ Population	623K	548K

The cost of living in Crete is 24% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 4439th and 2887th ($1360 vs $1792) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 140th 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 1.8 months in Hanover. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Hanover ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 5413th and 89th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Hanover

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	Crete	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$76.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$4.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$858
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$643
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$1566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$1147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$4591
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$3497
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$4.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$68.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$32.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$5.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$7.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$2.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$36.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$108
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$133
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$547
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$25389

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1681
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1678
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1675
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1674
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1669
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1649
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1612
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1636
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1638
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1631
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1636
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1665
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1582
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1529
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1608
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1562
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1593
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1540
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1579
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1569
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1566
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1586
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1532
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1535
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1573
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1544
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1613
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1589
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1583
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1580
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1608
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1580
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1570
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1453
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1640
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1584
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1583
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1592