Crete vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2532
🏠 One person rent	$530	$462
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	95
😀 Quality of life	56	65
🏙️ Population	623K	11.5M

The cost of living in Crete is 18% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4640th and 5654th ($1150 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Brazil, respectively. Check Greece vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.6 months in Sao Paulo. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 5717th and 4281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Sao Paulo

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	Crete	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$6.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$43.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$65.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	11.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1633
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$7.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$7.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$4.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$25.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$78.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$527
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$14254

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$662
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$647
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$618
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$661
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$636
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$703
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$621
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$605
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$612
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$600
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$614
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$628
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$615
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$603
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$568
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$615
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$732
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$607
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$609
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$611