Crete vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$1764
🏠 One person rent	$647	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$48.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$690
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	45
😀 Quality of life	64	68
🏙️ Population	623K	1.08M

The cost of living in Crete is 86% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4439th and 7085th ($1360 vs $732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 7th 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 0.9 months in Nur-Sultan. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5413th and 4594th 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	$15.4	$8.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$28.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$1.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$412
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$736
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$52.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	16.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$1200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$876
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$15.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$7.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$9.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$1.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$4.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$60
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$85
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$6043

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$530
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$747
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$570
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$571
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$576
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$564
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$834
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$530
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$517
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$661
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$690
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$553
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$701
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$969
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$595
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$484
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$738
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$760
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$505
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$828
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$884
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$589
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$729
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$521
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$842
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$477
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$757
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1053
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$503
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$808
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$533
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$866
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$616
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$974
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$537