Crete vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$1954
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$4616
🏠 One person rent	$532	$986
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$1716
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$608
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$190
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$2805
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	33	100
😀 Quality of life	72	93
🏙️ Population	623K	1.76M

The cost of living in Crete is 39% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4641st and 2002nd ($1186 vs $1954) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 54th 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 1.4 months in Montreal. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Montreal ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 1944th and 60th 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	$13.3	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$6.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$2.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$2012
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$1492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$42.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$7494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$4431
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$2.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$5.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$3.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$3.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$11.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$121
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$32.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$669
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$6957

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1873
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1861
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1896
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1871
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1890
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2057
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1878
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1927
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1912
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1912
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1996
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1884
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1898
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1964
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1908
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1845
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1849
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1751
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1897
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1823
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1839
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1836
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1799
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1843
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1740
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1921
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1773
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1828
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1805
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1657
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$2002
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1540
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1187
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1624
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1610