Crete vs Lusaka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Lusaka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$738
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2249
🏠 One person rent	$530	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$239
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$333
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	37
😀 Quality of life	56	49
🏙️ Population	623K	2.47M

The cost of living in Crete is 56% more expensive than in Lusaka. Cities ranked 4640th and 6726th ($1150 vs $738) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 6th in Greece and Zambia, respectively. Check Greece vs Zambia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.5 months in Lusaka. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Lusaka ranked 1st in Zambia, while ranked 5717th and 6269th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Lusaka

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	Crete	Lusaka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$6.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$27
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$3.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1082
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$60.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$125
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	21.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2003
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$4875
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$12
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.86
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$4.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$18.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$89.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$176
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$9642

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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 Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$700
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$541
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$917
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1018
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$875
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$723
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$688
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$992
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$730
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$794
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$776
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$597
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$961
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$766
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$825
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$854
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$975
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$752
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$587
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$624
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$748
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$947
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$492
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$566
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$507
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$457
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$493
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$525
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$461
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$583
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$540
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1003
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$631
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$461
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$675