Crete vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$530	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	43
😀 Quality of life	56	64
🏙️ Population	623K	1.08M

The cost of living in Crete is 49% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4640th and 6565th ($1150 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 3rd in Greece and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Greece vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5717th and 4554th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Nur-Sultan

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	Crete	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512