Crete vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$530	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	32	73
😀 Quality of life	56	87
🏙️ Population	623K	1.96M

The cost of living in Crete is 5% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 4640th and 4470th ($1150 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 39th in Greece and Japan, respectively. Check Greece vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 5717th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Sapporo

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	Crete	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088