Crete vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$532	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	33	29
😀 Quality of life	72	13
🏙️ Population	623K	4.27M

The cost of living in Crete is 98% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 4641st and 7801st ($1186 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st 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 0.3 months in Kabul. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 1944th and 9123rd 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	$13.3	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$1452

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487