Crete vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$647	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	32	99
😀 Quality of life	64	96
🏙️ Population	623K	2.11M

The cost of living in Crete is 45% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4439th and 916th ($1360 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Greece and France, respectively. Check Greece vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5413th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Paris

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	Crete	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544