Crete vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$530	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	32	30
😀 Quality of life	56	14
🏙️ Population	623K	4.27M

The cost of living in Crete is 142% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4640th and 8769th ($1150 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd in Greece and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5717th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Kabul

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	Crete	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476