Crete vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$530	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$794
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	32	47
😀 Quality of life	56	62
🏙️ Population	623K	276K

The cost of living in Crete is 44% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 4640th and 6461st ($1150 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 2nd in Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Greece vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 5717th and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Sarajevo

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	Crete	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$2856

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768