Crete vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$530	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$238
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	32	28
😀 Quality of life	56	46
🏙️ Population	623K	846K

The cost of living in Crete is 174% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 4640th and 8918th ($1150 vs $419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Nepal, respectively. Check Greece vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 5717th and 6495th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Kathmandu

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	Crete	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$3409

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361