Crete vs Madrid - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Madrid
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$4027
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1048
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1736
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$2294
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	32	98
😀 Quality of life	56	90
🏙️ Population	623K	3.42M

The cost of living in Crete is 35% less expensive than in Madrid. Cities ranked 4640th and 2443rd ($1150 vs $1781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 5th in Greece and Spain, respectively. Check Greece vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.3 months in Madrid. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Madrid ranked 1st in Spain, while ranked 5717th and 151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Madrid

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	Crete	Madrid
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$4.36
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1203
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$853
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$94
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$30.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$6884
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$3988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$58.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$80.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$576
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$10042

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1565
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1530
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1433
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1573
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1389
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1309
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1204
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1084
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1201
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1235
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1212
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1086
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$812
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1098
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1286
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1107
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1209
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1261
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$983
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$947
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1241
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1220
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1316
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1126
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1241
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$930
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1241
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1100
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1324
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1204
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1221
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1522