Crete vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$532	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$2861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	71
😀 Quality of life	72	77
🏙️ Population	623K	7.01M

The cost of living in Crete is 25% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4641st and 3292nd ($1186 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.8 months in Riyadh. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 1944th and 796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Riyadh

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	Crete	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$10359

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489