Crete vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Crete	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$3486
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3122	$7909
🏠 One person rent	$635	$2368
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$4139
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$735
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1169	$5217
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	32	86
😀 Quality of life	64	91
🏙️ Population	623K	1.39M

The cost of living in Crete is 62% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 4482nd and 52nd ($1324 vs $3486) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 39th in Greece and the United States, respectively. Check Greece vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in San Diego. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs San Diego ranked 38th in the United States, while ranked 5386th and 155th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/crete/san-diego.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Crete vs San Diego infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/crete/san-diego" target="_blank">Crete vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Crete vs San Diego

Prices for goods and services in Crete and San Diego are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Crete	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.8	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.72	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.33	$8.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$6.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$2489
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$449	$2046
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$4508
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$3643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$251
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.6	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	6.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3975	$8050
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$6577
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62	$71.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$19.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$4.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$7.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$20.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.11	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$9.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$5.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$72.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.21	$19.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$131
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$30.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$66.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$433	$1937
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5223	$22295

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1291
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1166
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1302
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1863
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2043
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$953
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1472
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1439
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1298
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1307
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1228
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1146
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1439
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1182
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1037
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1264
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1160
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1253
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1403
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1311
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1123
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1024
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1008
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$875
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$358
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$883
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1253
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1179
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$811
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$617
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1038
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$719
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$933
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$682
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1109
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$743

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3269
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3094
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$3023
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3033
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2997
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2984
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$3065
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3077
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1276
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2956
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$3012
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3265
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1126
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1108
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3274
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$3008
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3269
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$3011
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3221
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2984
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2690
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2994
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3137
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$3051
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2799
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3075
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2850
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3492
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3129
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2646
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$967
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2663
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3520
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3064
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2984
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3503
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2598
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2768
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2738
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2826