Crete vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Crete	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1144	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2828	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$446	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1491	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	33	91
😀 Quality of life	60	91
🏙️ Population	623K	548K

The cost of living in Crete is 43% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 4581st and 1798th ($1144 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 57th in Greece and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Greece vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Crete compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Crete ranked 17th best city to live in Greece vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5333rd and 110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Manchester

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	Crete	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.2	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.26%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3523	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2157	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.84	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.79	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.62	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$11	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.2	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.7	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4341	$13845

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1075
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1015
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1169
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1738
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1974
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$844
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1359
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1475
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1235
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1097
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1058
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1287
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1137
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1047
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1172
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1467
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1061
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1038
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1129
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$785
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$403
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$647
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1186
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1086
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$402
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$774
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$541
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$825
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$576
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$829
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$544
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1037
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$647

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629