Crete vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$4441
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$10033
🏠 One person rent	$530	$2960
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$5380
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$886
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$364
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$5544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	32	100
😀 Quality of life	56	95
🏙️ Population	623K	8.8M

The cost of living in Crete is 74% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4640th and 3rd ($1150 vs $4441) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st 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 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.2 months in New York City. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 5717th and 22nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs New York City

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	Crete	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$29.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$133
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$8.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$5.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$3501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$2603
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$4776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$5236
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$65.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$17935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$12929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$132
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$7.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$5.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$17.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$7.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$6.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$6.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$3.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$20
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$18.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$9.89
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$6.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$20.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$173
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$36.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$67.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$1784
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$21465

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111