Crete vs Lilongwe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Lilongwe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$587
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1571
🏠 One person rent	$530	$251
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$555
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$51.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$275
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	32	13
😀 Quality of life	56	20
🏙️ Population	623K	989K

The cost of living in Crete is 96% more expensive than in Lilongwe. Cities ranked 4640th and 7807th ($1150 vs $587) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Malawi, respectively. Check Greece vs Malawi comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.5 months in Lilongwe. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Lilongwe ranked 4th in Malawi, while ranked 5717th and 8847th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Lilongwe

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	Crete	Lilongwe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$4.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$373
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$362
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$474
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$53.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	12.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$10555
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$588
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$11.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$5.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$2.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$0.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$4.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$23.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$2351

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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 Lilongwe

Distance	City	Cost of living
123 km or 76 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
134 km or 83 mi	Ntcheu	$492
169 km or 105 mi	Mangochi	$493
228 km or 142 mi	Zomba	$457
233 km or 145 mi	Mzimba	$566
240 km or 149 mi	Blantyre	$507
243 km or 151 mi	Tete	$825
283 km or 176 mi	Mzuzu	$525
293 km or 182 mi	Mulanje	$461
506 km or 314 mi	Kasama	$748
518 km or 322 mi	Harare	$992
524 km or 326 mi	Marondera	$794
533 km or 331 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
536 km or 333 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
545 km or 339 mi	Quelimane	$675
550 km or 342 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
566 km or 352 mi	Mbeya	$461
567 km or 353 mi	Mutare	$752
568 km or 353 mi	Ndola	$541
572 km or 355 mi	Chimoio	$947
603 km or 375 mi	Nampula	$872
613 km or 381 mi	Lusaka	$738
616 km or 383 mi	Mansa	$776
616 km or 383 mi	Kitwe	$917
618 km or 384 mi	Mufulira	$1018
637 km or 396 mi	Kadoma	$723
660 km or 410 mi	Chingola	$875
660 km or 410 mi	Beira	$1003
682 km or 424 mi	Kwekwe	$730
732 km or 455 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
740 km or 460 mi	Pemba	$1506
741 km or 460 mi	Gweru	$597
744 km or 462 mi	Nacala	$1150
746 km or 464 mi	Masvingo	$854
795 km or 494 mi	Choma	$700
835 km or 519 mi	Likasi	$961
883 km or 549 mi	Bulawayo	$766
886 km or 551 mi	Dodoma	$502
902 km or 560 mi	Morogoro	$486
949 km or 590 mi	Livingstone	$688