Crete vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$3115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	50
😀 Quality of life	56	90
🏙️ Population	623K	1.02M

The cost of living in Crete is 44% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 4640th and 1701st ($1150 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 25th in Greece and Canada, respectively. Check Greece vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 5717th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Ottawa

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	Crete	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800