Crete vs Phoenix - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Phoenix
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$2395
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$5245
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$2384
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$4432
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	69
😀 Quality of life	56	90
🏙️ Population	623K	1.61M

The cost of living in Crete is 52% less expensive than in Phoenix. Cities ranked 4640th and 955th ($1150 vs $2395) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 875th in Greece and the United States, respectively. Check Greece vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.9 months in Phoenix. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Phoenix ranked 31st in the United States, while ranked 5717th and 146th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Phoenix

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	Crete	Phoenix
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$71.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$12.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$6.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$6.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$2009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$70.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$3133
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$63.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$3.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$4.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$4.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$12.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$50.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$92.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$1103
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$12281

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724