Crete vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Crete	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3122	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$635	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1169	$4312
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	32	90
😀 Quality of life	64	94
🏙️ Population	623K	1.51M

The cost of living in Crete is 48% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4482nd and 863rd ($1324 vs $2525) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Greece and Germany, respectively. Check Greece vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 5386th and 44th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Munich

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	Crete	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.8	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.72	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.33	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$449	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.6	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3975	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.11	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.21	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$433	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5223	$17274

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714