Crete vs Raleigh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Raleigh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$2388
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$5530
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1484
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$2447
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$625
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$94.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$4749
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	32	82
😀 Quality of life	56	88
🏙️ Population	623K	468K

The cost of living in Crete is 52% less expensive than in Raleigh. Cities ranked 4640th and 972nd ($1150 vs $2388) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 892nd 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 2 months in Raleigh. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Raleigh ranked 51st in the United States, while ranked 5717th and 221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Raleigh

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	Crete	Raleigh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$9.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1468
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$2029
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$6077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$2879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$58.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$3.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$6.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$7.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$6.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$7.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$14.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$158
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$52
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$1481
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$21914

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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 Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682