Crete vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$612	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$721
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	32	46
😀 Quality of life	63	60
🏙️ Population	623K	1.2M

The cost of living in Crete is 48% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4484th and 6322nd ($1303 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 14th in Greece and Russia, respectively. Check Greece vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Crete compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 5605th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Crete	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758