Crete vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$530	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$487
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	32	66
😀 Quality of life	56	65
🏙️ Population	623K	9.39M

The cost of living in Crete is 56% more expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 4640th and 6739th ($1150 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Vietnam, respectively. Check Greece vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.7 months in Ho Chi Minh. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 5717th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Crete	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$14143

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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 Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588