Crete vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$530	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	46
😀 Quality of life	56	50
🏙️ Population	623K	3M

The cost of living in Crete is 126% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 4640th and 8574th ($1150 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 84th in Greece and Iran, respectively. Check Greece vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 5717th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Mashhad

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	Crete	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$618

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788