Crete vs Kuala Lumpur - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Kuala Lumpur
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$892
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$2135
🏠 One person rent	$532	$450
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$787
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$295
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	33	93
😀 Quality of life	72	76
🏙️ Population	623K	1.98M

The cost of living in Crete is 33% more expensive than in Kuala Lumpur. Cities ranked 4641st and 6160th ($1186 vs $892) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in Greece and Malaysia, respectively. Check Greece vs Malaysia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.6 months in Kuala Lumpur. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Kuala Lumpur ranked 1st in Malaysia, while ranked 1944th and 883rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Kuala Lumpur

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	Crete	Kuala Lumpur
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$4.35
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$4.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1006
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$75.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$27.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$3145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$1425
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$9.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$2.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$4.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$3.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$4.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$20
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$59.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$9485

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Kuala Lumpur

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
15 km or 9.1 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Shah Alam	$687
24 km or 15 mi	Putrajaya	$571
25 km or 16 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
30 km or 19 mi	Klang	$729
54 km or 33 mi	Seremban	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Malacca	$699
124 km or 77 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
155 km or 97 mi	Muar	$752
167 km or 104 mi	Dumai	$585
176 km or 109 mi	Ipoh	$670
196 km or 122 mi	Kuantan	$518
199 km or 124 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
211 km or 131 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Taiping	$759
219 km or 136 mi	Kluang	$745
229 km or 142 mi	Chukai	$579
282 km or 175 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
291 km or 181 mi	Butterworth	$671
291 km or 181 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544
292 km or 181 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
293 km or 182 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
294 km or 183 mi	George Town	$669
297 km or 184 mi	Johor Bahru	$709
309 km or 192 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Singapore City	$3168
315 km or 195 mi	Bukit Merah	$2852
335 km or 208 mi	Padangsidempuan	$624
338 km or 210 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
341 km or 212 mi	Medan	$519
346 km or 215 mi	Batam	$604
360 km or 224 mi	Binjai	$503
361 km or 225 mi	Alor Setar	$523
394 km or 245 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$549
402 km or 250 mi	Kangar	$563
413 km or 257 mi	Langkawi	$594
441 km or 274 mi	Langsa	$490
451 km or 280 mi	Hat Yai	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Ko Lipe	$742