Crete vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$530	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$991
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	32	93
😀 Quality of life	56	66
🏙️ Population	623K	9.37M

The cost of living in Crete is 84% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 4640th and 7405th ($1150 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 160th in Greece and China, respectively. Check Greece vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 5717th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Hefei

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	Crete	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665