Crete vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$884
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$2142
🏠 One person rent	$647	$421
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$738
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$848
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	48
😀 Quality of life	64	61
🏙️ Population	623K	1.64M

The cost of living in Crete is 54% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4439th and 6431st ($1360 vs $884) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 30th 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 1 months in Novosibirsk. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Novosibirsk ranked 11th in Russia, while ranked 5413th and 5802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Novosibirsk

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	Crete	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$7.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$886
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$8.44
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	20.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$2533
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$1532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$4.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$3.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$6.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$25
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$66.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$362
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$4901

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1329
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1207
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1320
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1900
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2084
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$937
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1497
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1663
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1468
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1410
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1304
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1318
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1240
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1169
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1462
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1187
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1069
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1286
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1279
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1426
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1322
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1139
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1046
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1165
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1031
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$893
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$359
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$822
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1272
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1199
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$803
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$627
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1040
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$724
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$897
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$680
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1104
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$767

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$828
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$772
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$720
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$737
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$719
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$808
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$576
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$571
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$553
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$595
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$791
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$834
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$880
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$530
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$564
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$550
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$813
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$747
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$537
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$487
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$661
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$969
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$701
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$557
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$543
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$592
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$600
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$694
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$575
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$531
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$547
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$690
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$532
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$842
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891