Crete vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$530	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	32	92
😀 Quality of life	56	67
🏙️ Population	623K	9.21M

The cost of living in Crete is 0.9% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 4640th and 4604th ($1150 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th in Greece and Mexico, respectively. Check Greece vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 5717th and 3470th 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	$12.8	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804