Crete vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$647	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	32	93
😀 Quality of life	64	89
🏙️ Population	623K	1.4M

The cost of living in Crete is 29% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4439th and 2387th ($1360 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st 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 24th best city to live in Greece vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5413th 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	$15.4	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$17389

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383