Crete vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$439
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$1168
🏠 One person rent	$532	$198
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$150
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$35.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$256
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	33	67
😀 Quality of life	72	49
🏙️ Population	623K	1.01M

The cost of living in Crete is 170% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 4641st and 8895th ($1186 vs $439) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th 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 6th best city to live in Greece vs Islamabad ranked 2nd in Pakistan, while ranked 1944th and 6293rd 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	$13.3	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$92
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$505
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	20.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$1307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$6.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$4.32
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$0.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$0.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$1.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$22.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$17.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$2.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$20.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$59.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$3133

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$323
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$328
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$372
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$277
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$338
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$374
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$330
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$388
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$456
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$335
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$344
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$280
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$373
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$308
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$358
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$319
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$406
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$344
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$500
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$312
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$407
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$441
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$310
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$469
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$378
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$599
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$358
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$360
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$430
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$371
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$476
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$397