Crete vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$2364
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$5468
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$2461
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$3990
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	56
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	623K	950K

The cost of living in Crete is 51% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 4640th and 1022nd ($1150 vs $2364) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 935th in Greece and the United States, respectively. Check Greece vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.7 months in Jacksonville. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Jacksonville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 5717th and 293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Jacksonville

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	Crete	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1470
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$2044
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$2417
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$62.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$23.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$3.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$7.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$3.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$1306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$11096

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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 Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2247
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2238
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2271
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2196
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2136
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$1969
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2211
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2144
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1957
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2064
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2278
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2212
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2327
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2265
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2286
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2308
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1502
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2018
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2269
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2294
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2371
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2373
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2335
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2440
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2392
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2316
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2204
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2576
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2171
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2181
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2280
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2577
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2634
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1897