Crete vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$612	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$104
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	32	30
😀 Quality of life	63	33
🏙️ Population	623K	4.27M

The cost of living in Crete is 185% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4484th and 8842nd ($1303 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 3rd in Greece and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Crete compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5605th and 8609th 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	$14.4	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$1486

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1256
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1174
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1245
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1835
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2056
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$926
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1477
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1291
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1177
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1162
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1436
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1170
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1055
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1415
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1284
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1127
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1026
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$884
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$361
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$770
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1254
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1224
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$799
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$595
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1046
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$686
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$846
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$652
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1111
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$760

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439