Crete vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Crete	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1144	$535
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2828	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$446	$222
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$465
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1491	$386
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	60
😀 Quality of life	60	57
🏙️ Population	623K	1.43M

The cost of living in Crete is 114% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 4581st and 8242nd ($1144 vs $535) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 10th in Greece and Ukraine, respectively. Check Greece vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Crete compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Crete ranked 17th best city to live in Greece vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 5333rd and 5715th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Kharkiv

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	Crete	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29	$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$142
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.2	$56.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$4.93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.26%	17.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3523	$1351
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2157	$762
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$8.06
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$4.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$8.19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$3.79
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$5.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$0.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.84	$5.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.79	$1.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$2.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.62	$3.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$9.03
💇 Haircut, simple	$11	$2.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.2	$57.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.7	$132
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4341	$1310

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1075
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1015
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1169
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1738
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1974
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$844
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1359
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1475
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1235
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1097
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1058
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1287
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1137
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1047
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1172
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1467
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1061
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1038
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1129
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$785
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$403
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$647
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1186
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1086
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$402
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$774
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$541
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$825
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$576
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$829
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$544
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1037
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$647

Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$439
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$504
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$425
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$525
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$462
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$637
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$560
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$433
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$543
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$498
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$498
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$476
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$511
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$420
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$457
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$485
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$466
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$535
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$498
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$493
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$451
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$401
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$423
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$443
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$559
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$601
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$576
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$760
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$451
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$406
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$369
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$401
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$501
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$526
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$490
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$531
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$495