Crete vs Kawasaki - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Kawasaki
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1249
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3397
🏠 One person rent	$530	$545
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1197
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$414
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$191
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$2537
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	32	99
😀 Quality of life	56	81
🏙️ Population	623K	1.54M

The cost of living in Crete is 8% less expensive than in Kawasaki. Cities ranked 4640th and 4340th ($1150 vs $1249) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 26th in Greece and Japan, respectively. Check Greece vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 2 months in Kawasaki. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Kawasaki ranked 13th in Japan, while ranked 5717th and 497th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Kawasaki

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	Crete	Kawasaki
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$6.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$31.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$584
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$364
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1140
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$968
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$169
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$26.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	1.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$6533
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$3250
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$6.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$5.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$9.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$6.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$50.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$34.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$57.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$543
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$15204

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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 Kawasaki

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.5 km or 0.9 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1128
11 km or 6.9 mi	Yokohama	$1335
17 km or 11 mi	Komae	$1124
19 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
21 km or 13 mi	Chofu	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Yamato	$1039
22 km or 14 mi	Inagi	$1084
22 km or 14 mi	Mitaka	$1150
23 km or 14 mi	Machida	$1091
24 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1099
25 km or 15 mi	Hirai	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Sodegaura	$1090
25 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1089
25 km or 16 mi	Musashino	$1136
26 km or 16 mi	Kamakura	$1012
26 km or 16 mi	Tama	$1065
26 km or 16 mi	Ayase	$960
26 km or 16 mi	Fuchu	$1122
27 km or 17 mi	Zama	$1023
27 km or 17 mi	Zushi	$1028
27 km or 17 mi	Koganei	$1103
27 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1143
27 km or 17 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
28 km or 17 mi	Futtsu	$1077
28 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1080
29 km or 18 mi	Ebina	$908
29 km or 18 mi	Hayama	$1045
30 km or 19 mi	Yokosuka	$1125
30 km or 19 mi	Kunitachi	$1089
30 km or 19 mi	Kokubunji	$1099
31 km or 19 mi	Wako	$1098
31 km or 19 mi	Sagamihara	$1042
31 km or 19 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
31 km or 19 mi	Ichikawa	$1045
31 km or 19 mi	Kodaira	$1124
32 km or 20 mi	Atsugi	$948
32 km or 20 mi	Tachikawa	$1109
32 km or 20 mi	Funabashi	$1231
32 km or 20 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
33 km or 20 mi	Hino	$1116