Crete vs Medina - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Medina
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1215
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2317
🏠 One person rent	$530	$696
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$765
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	32	20
😀 Quality of life	56	66
🏙️ Population	623K	1.41M

The cost of living in Crete is 5% less expensive than in Medina. Cities ranked 4640th and 4439th ($1150 vs $1215) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.3 months in Medina. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Medina ranked 4th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5717th and 3899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Medina

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	Crete	Medina
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$5.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$37.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$9.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$124
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$102
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3743
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1120
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$1.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$5.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$3.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$37.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$66.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$290
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$7421

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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 Medina

Distance	City	Cost of living
168 km or 104 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Jeddah	$1146
339 km or 211 mi	Mecca	$979
378 km or 235 mi	Al Wajh	$961
398 km or 247 mi	Ha'il	$846
422 km or 262 mi	Ar Rass	$861
477 km or 296 mi	Unaizah	$969
531 km or 330 mi	Tabuk	$1078
585 km or 363 mi	Bisha	$905
593 km or 368 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
595 km or 370 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
615 km or 382 mi	Sakakah	$781
650 km or 404 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
657 km or 408 mi	Hurghada	$342
661 km or 411 mi	Bareq	$902
675 km or 419 mi	El Gouna	$336
676 km or 420 mi	Dahab	$381
680 km or 423 mi	Aswan	$329
714 km or 444 mi	Luxor	$335
717 km or 446 mi	Qena	$362
719 km or 447 mi	Riyadh	$1637
723 km or 449 mi	Aqaba	$809
729 km or 453 mi	Eilat	$1577
742 km or 461 mi	Ma'an	$793
757 km or 470 mi	Abha	$910
758 km or 471 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
810 km or 503 mi	Tafilah	$646
827 km or 514 mi	Sohag	$360
839 km or 522 mi	Al-Karak	$710
861 km or 535 mi	Dimona	$1716
870 km or 540 mi	Arad	$1680
890 km or 553 mi	Beersheba	$1471
896 km or 557 mi	Asyut	$290
901 km or 560 mi	Hebron	$762
902 km or 561 mi	Dura	$813
902 km or 561 mi	Ofakim	$1684
905 km or 562 mi	Rahat	$1686
906 km or 563 mi	Amman	$994
907 km or 564 mi	Najran	$937
913 km or 567 mi	Bethlehem	$905