Crete vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$660
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1623
🏠 One person rent	$530	$217
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$423
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$70.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$403
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	32	11
😀 Quality of life	56	8
🏙️ Population	623K	760K

The cost of living in Crete is 74% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 4640th and 7141st ($1150 vs $660) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd in Greece and Somalia, respectively. Check Greece vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.6 months in Hargeisa. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Hargeisa ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 5717th and 9243rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Hargeisa

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	Crete	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$10
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$169
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$67.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	20.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3745
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$8448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$5.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$2.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$1.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$59.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$58.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$603

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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 Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541