Crete vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$1311
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$2822
🏠 One person rent	$647	$805
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$866
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	32	8
😀 Quality of life	64	64
🏙️ Population	623K	133K

The cost of living in Crete is 4% more expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 4439th and 4552nd ($1360 vs $1311) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Greece and Maldives, respectively. Check Greece vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.7 months in Male. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5413th and 5347th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Male

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	Crete	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$6.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$9.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$810
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$620
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$1472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$1144
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$74.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$72.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	14.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$2247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$1903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$9.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$4.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$75.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$193
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$3300

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1329
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1207
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1320
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1900
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2084
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$937
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1497
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1663
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1468
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1410
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1304
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1318
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1240
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1169
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1462
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1187
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1069
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1286
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1279
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1426
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1322
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1139
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1046
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1165
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1031
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$893
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$359
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$822
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1272
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1199
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$803
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$627
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1040
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$724
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$897
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$680
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1104
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$767

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327