Crete vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$532	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$6392
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	80
😀 Quality of life	72	92
🏙️ Population	623K	737K

The cost of living in Crete is 59% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4641st and 206th ($1186 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 168th 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 2.2 months in Seattle. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 1944th and 102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Seattle

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	Crete	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$28179

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263