Crete vs Kolkata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Kolkata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$404
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1011
🏠 One person rent	$530	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$258
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$51.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$432
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	32	75
😀 Quality of life	56	58
🏙️ Population	623K	4.5M

The cost of living in Crete is 184% more expensive than in Kolkata. Cities ranked 4640th and 8948th ($1150 vs $404) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 24th in Greece and India, respectively. Check Greece vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.1 months in Kolkata. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Kolkata ranked 12th in India, while ranked 5717th and 5509th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Kolkata

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	Crete	Kolkata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$3.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$165
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$86.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$180
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	9.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$528
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$6.24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$0.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.85
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$3.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$15.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$3.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$8.93
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$2.94
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$26.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$47.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$41.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$1469

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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 Kolkata

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Howrah	$332
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	Bidhannagar	$355
10 km or 6.2 mi	South Dumdum	$345
11 km or 7.1 mi	Baranagar	$333
12 km or 7.5 mi	Bally	$331
14 km or 8.9 mi	Uttarpara	$327
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kamarhati	$336
15 km or 9.3 mi	North Dumdum	$337
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$354
17 km or 10 mi	Panihati	$338
20 km or 13 mi	Rajarhat	$347
21 km or 13 mi	Madhyamgram	$334
23 km or 14 mi	Serampore	$330
23 km or 15 mi	Barrackpore	$329
25 km or 15 mi	Uluberia	$341
36 km or 22 mi	Barasat	$350
36 km or 23 mi	Maheshtala	$360
37 km or 23 mi	Chandannagar	$327
37 km or 23 mi	Bhatpara	$337
40 km or 25 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$327
41 km or 25 mi	Naihati	$328
64 km or 40 mi	Haldia	$394
79 km or 49 mi	Shantipur	$294
93 km or 58 mi	Bardhaman	$314
97 km or 60 mi	Krishnanagar	$281
104 km or 65 mi	Midnapore	$292
107 km or 66 mi	Kharagpur	$283
114 km or 71 mi	Jessore	$289
128 km or 80 mi	Khulna	$303
153 km or 95 mi	Durgapur	$292
174 km or 108 mi	Berhampore	$304
189 km or 118 mi	Asansol	$299
202 km or 125 mi	Kulti	$300
205 km or 127 mi	Rajshahi	$274
209 km or 130 mi	Barisal	$287
223 km or 139 mi	Jamshedpur	$361
239 km or 149 mi	Dhanbad	$293
248 km or 154 mi	Dhaka	$430
251 km or 156 mi	Narayanganj	$309
274 km or 170 mi	Malda	$308