Crete vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$530	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	32	54
😀 Quality of life	56	66
🏙️ Population	623K	8.78M

The cost of living in Crete is 78% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4640th and 7256th ($1150 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 118th in Greece and China, respectively. Check Greece vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 5717th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Quanzhou

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	Crete	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936