Crete vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$2561
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	32	78
😀 Quality of life	56	85
🏙️ Population	623K	936K

The cost of living in Crete is 46% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 4640th and 1551st ($1150 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th in Greece and Israel, respectively. Check Greece vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 5717th and 374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Jerusalem

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	Crete	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$17799

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511