Crete vs Nicosia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Nicosia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$1453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$3383
🏠 One person rent	$612	$775
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$1312
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$477
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$65.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$1674
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	32	70
😀 Quality of life	63	81
🏙️ Population	623K	56.8K

The cost of living in Crete is 10% less expensive than in Nicosia. Cities ranked 4484th and 4118th ($1303 vs $1453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 5th in Greece and Cyprus, respectively. Check Greece vs Cyprus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Crete compared to 1.2 months in Nicosia. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Nicosia ranked 3rd in Cyprus, while ranked 5605th and 705th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Nicosia

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	Crete	Nicosia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$8.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$570
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$1220
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$1006
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$230
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$2954
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$2.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$56.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$3.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$8.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$5.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$3.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$53.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$508
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$8498

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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 Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1420
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1305
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1275
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1587
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1376
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1403
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$2175
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1945
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1728
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$634
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$734
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$820
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$441
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$420
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$724
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$787
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1261
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$1028
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$647
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$822
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$690
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$791
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$647
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$930
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$659
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$591
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1775
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1633
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$599
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1840
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$543
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$438
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$1035
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1630
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769