Crete vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$530	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$616
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	49
😀 Quality of life	56	58
🏙️ Population	623K	1.63M

The cost of living in Crete is 65% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4640th and 6907th ($1150 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 26th 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 Novosibirsk. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 5717th and 5517th 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	$12.8	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$4263

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648