Crete vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Crete	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1144	$1288
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2828	$3248
🏠 One person rent	$446	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$1322
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$407
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1491	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	33	90
😀 Quality of life	60	66
🏙️ Population	623K	9.21M

The cost of living in Crete is 11% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 4581st and 4206th ($1144 vs $1288) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 8th in Greece and Mexico, respectively. Check Greece vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Crete compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Crete ranked 17th best city to live in Greece vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 5333rd and 4184th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Mexico City

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	Crete	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$46.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$928
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$1792
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$1104
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.2	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$52.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$27.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.26%	10.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3523	$3145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2157	$2277
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$7.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.84	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.79	$4.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$3.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$56.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.62	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.2	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.7	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$426
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4341	$10204

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881