Crete vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$532	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	33	43
😀 Quality of life	72	64
🏙️ Population	623K	1.08M

The cost of living in Crete is 52% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 4641st and 6525th ($1186 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 5th 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 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1944th and 4508th 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	$13.3	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$6243

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595