Crete vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$442
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1064
🏠 One person rent	$530	$188
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$342
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$147
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$64.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	32	63
😀 Quality of life	56	50
🏙️ Population	623K	14.9M

The cost of living in Crete is 160% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 4640th and 8872nd ($1150 vs $442) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd in Greece and Pakistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.4 months in Karachi. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 5717th and 6253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Karachi

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	Crete	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$1.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$12
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$97.4
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$197
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	19.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$545
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$8.21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$5.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$3.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$1.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$16.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$16.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$57.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$50.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$1405

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$334
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$325
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$338
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$288
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$339
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$325
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$333
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$311
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$389
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$266
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$366
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$324
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$382
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$585
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$310
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$605
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$376
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$371
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$297
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$771
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$392
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$286
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$468
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$340
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$361
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$279
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$476
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$829
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$356
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$311
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$284
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1090
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$350
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$552