Crete vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$530	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1829
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	32	93
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	623K	1.38M

The cost of living in Crete is 24% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4640th and 3363rd ($1150 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Greece and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Greece vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5717th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Prague

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	Crete	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120