Crete vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1170
🏠 One person rent	$530	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$34.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$261
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	32	69
😀 Quality of life	56	49
🏙️ Population	623K	1.01M

The cost of living in Crete is 160% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 4640th and 8870th ($1150 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Greece and Pakistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.6 months in Islamabad. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 5717th and 6313th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Islamabad

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	Crete	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$17.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$94.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$514
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$69.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	20.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1142
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$682
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$6.78
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$4.25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$2.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$1.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$21.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$1.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$19.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$85.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$64.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$2961

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369