Crete vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Crete	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$1901
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3122	$4422
🏠 One person rent	$635	$984
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$1684
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$193
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1169	$2928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	32	100
😀 Quality of life	64	93
🏙️ Population	623K	1.9M

The cost of living in Crete is 30% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4482nd and 2370th ($1324 vs $1901) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 64th in Greece and Canada, respectively. Check Greece vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 5386th and 49th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Montreal

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	Crete	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$15.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.8	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.72	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.33	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$1096
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$449	$842
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$1985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$51.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.6	$40.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3975	$5122
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$3877
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$2.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62	$75.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$2.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.11	$11.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$4.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$32.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.21	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$99.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$433	$607
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5223	$6432

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1291
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1166
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1302
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1863
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2043
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$953
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1472
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1439
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1298
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1307
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1228
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1146
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1439
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1182
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1037
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1264
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1160
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1253
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1403
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1311
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1123
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1024
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1008
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$875
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$358
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$883
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1253
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1179
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$811
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$617
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1038
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$719
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$933
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$682
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1109
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$743

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1856
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1828
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1874
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1852
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1870
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2051
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1937
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1861
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1921
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1905
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1917
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1892
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2058
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1875
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1918
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1915
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1829
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1863
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1892
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1913
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1914
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1817
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1928
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1828
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1926
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1816
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1903
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1850
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1702
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1906
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1772
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1864
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1675
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1942
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1421
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1199
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1575
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1828