Crete vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Crete	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3122	$2514
🏠 One person rent	$635	$528
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$928
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$371
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$56.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1169	$928
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	32	48
😀 Quality of life	64	63
🏙️ Population	623K	1.2M

The cost of living in Crete is 26% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4482nd and 5192nd ($1324 vs $1051) 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 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5386th and 5476th 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	$15.1	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.8	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.72	$7.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.33	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$449	$395
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$1089
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$717
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$82.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$128
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.6	$9.07
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	20.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3975	$3459
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$2313
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$6.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$5.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$9.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.11	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$1.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.21	$7.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$433	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5223	$5021

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$749
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$821
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$804
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$834
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$981
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$771
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$614
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$1055
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$1030
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$1014
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1678
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$626
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$1084
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$1068
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$1056
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$648
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$694
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$792
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$789
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$974
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$604
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$791
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$775
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$635
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$845
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$691
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$748
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$895
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$873