Crete vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Crete	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$935
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3122	$2255
🏠 One person rent	$635	$450
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$780
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$313
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1169	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	48
😀 Quality of life	64	48
🏙️ Population	623K	1.64M

The cost of living in Crete is 42% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 4482nd and 6043rd ($1324 vs $935) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 32nd 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 40th in Russia, while ranked 5386th and 6891st 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	$15.1	$7.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.8	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.72	$6.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.33	$2.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$503
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$449	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$918
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$594
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$72.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.6	$9.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	23.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3975	$2907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$1768
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62	$31.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$4.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$9.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.11	$3.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.21	$6.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$433	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5223	$5680

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$785
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$754
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$630
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$795
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$787
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$780
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$585
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$586
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$559
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$602
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$837
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$819
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$954
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$754
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$545
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$575
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$823
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$571
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$784
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$763
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$553
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$500
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$687
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$1024
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$713
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$572
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$568
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$608
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$614
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$712
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$579
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$547
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$564
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$702
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$550
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$876
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952