Crete vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1618
🏠 One person rent	$530	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$639
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$41.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$240
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	32	66
😀 Quality of life	56	48
🏙️ Population	623K	1.96M

The cost of living in Crete is 120% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 4640th and 8454th ($1150 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 72nd in Greece and Iran, respectively. Check Greece vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.5 months in Isfahan. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Isfahan ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 5717th and 6375th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Isfahan

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	Crete	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$13.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$3.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$0.88
🥤 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	$257
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$175
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$898
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$9.25
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$14.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	26.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1187
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$676
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$2.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$5.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$13.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$1.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$115
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$77.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$594

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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 Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688