Crete vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$530	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	32	72
😀 Quality of life	56	90
🏙️ Population	623K	1.06M

The cost of living in Crete is 9% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4640th and 5132nd ($1150 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 324th 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 1.8 months in Sendai. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 5717th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Sendai

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	Crete	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$5986

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034