Crete vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$530	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	32	92
😀 Quality of life	56	86
🏙️ Population	623K	2.75M

The cost of living in Crete is 33% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 4640th and 2624th ($1150 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Greece and Italy, respectively. Check Greece vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 5717th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Rome

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	Crete	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201