Crete vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$612	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$4436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	32	78
😀 Quality of life	63	90
🏙️ Population	623K	689K

The cost of living in Crete is 48% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 4484th and 832nd ($1303 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 741st in Greece and the United States, respectively. Check Greece vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Crete compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 5605th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Nashville

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	Crete	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$30339

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1256
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1174
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1245
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1835
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2056
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$926
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1477
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1291
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1177
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1162
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1436
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1170
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1055
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1415
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1284
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1127
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1026
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$884
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$361
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$770
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1254
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1224
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$799
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$595
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1046
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$686
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$846
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$652
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1111
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$760

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508