Crete vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2403
🏠 One person rent	$530	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$809
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$288
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1383
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	72
😀 Quality of life	56	57
🏙️ Population	623K	4.43M

The cost of living in Crete is 16% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 4640th and 5539th ($1150 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 4th in Greece and South Africa, respectively. Check Greece vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.4 months in Johannesburg. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 5717th and 5667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Johannesburg

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	Crete	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$9.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	11.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1031
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$684
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$9.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$5.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$7.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$214
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$5271

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003