Crete vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$530	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	32	68
😀 Quality of life	56	46
🏙️ Population	623K	2.1M

The cost of living in Crete is 187% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 4640th and 8953rd ($1150 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 5th in Greece and Pakistan, respectively. Check Greece vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 5717th and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Rawalpindi

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	Crete	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272