Crete vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$992
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2589
🏠 One person rent	$530	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$862
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$415
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	37
😀 Quality of life	56	45
🏙️ Population	623K	2.15M

The cost of living in Crete is 16% more expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 4640th and 5540th ($1150 vs $992) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Greece vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.4 months in Harare. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 5717th and 6578th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Harare

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	Crete	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$10
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$50
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$638
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$54.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$113
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	14.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1327
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$547
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$65.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$9.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$37
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$35.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$6241

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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 Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$794
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$723
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$730
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$752
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$597
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$854
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$947
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$825
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$766
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$738
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$700
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1003
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$507
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$492
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$587
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$624
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$457
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$688
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$493
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$541
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$675
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$917
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1018
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$540
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$583
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$875
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$566
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$631
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$776
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$525
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$748
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$961
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$795