Crete vs Jeddah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Jeddah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1146
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2809
🏠 One person rent	$530	$512
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$899
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$330
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$2297
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	32	45
😀 Quality of life	56	76
🏙️ Population	623K	4.7M

The cost of living in Crete is 0.3% more expensive than in Jeddah. Cities ranked 4640th and 4650th ($1150 vs $1146) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 2 months in Jeddah. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Jeddah ranked 2nd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5717th and 860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Jeddah

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	Crete	Jeddah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$6.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$40.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$7.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$362
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$976
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$666
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$99.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1025
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$7.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$5.35
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$6.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$3.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$90.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$56.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$410
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$6204

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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 Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$979
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$1215
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$905
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$902
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$910
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$961
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$488
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$861
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$486
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$937
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1131
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$520
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$329
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$482
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$969
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$846
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$1006
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$487
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1078
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$335
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$362
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$342
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1637
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$336
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$546
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$481
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$662
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$381
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$482
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$360
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$781
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$877
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$486