Crete vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$530	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	72
😀 Quality of life	56	78
🏙️ Population	623K	7.01M

The cost of living in Crete is 30% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4640th and 2911th ($1150 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th 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 1.7 months in Riyadh. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5717th and 733rd 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	$12.8	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529