Crete vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$612	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$190
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	32	56
😀 Quality of life	63	44
🏙️ Population	623K	43.9K

The cost of living in Crete is 22% more expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 4484th and 5084th ($1303 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Greece and the Palestine, respectively. Check Greece vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Crete compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 5605th and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Ramallah

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	Crete	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$4130

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1256
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1174
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1245
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1835
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2056
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$926
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1477
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1291
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1177
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1162
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1436
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1170
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1055
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1415
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1284
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1127
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1026
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$884
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$361
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$770
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1254
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1224
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$799
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$595
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1046
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$686
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$846
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$652
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1111
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$760

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850