Crete vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$530	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	32	100
😀 Quality of life	56	78
🏙️ Population	623K	24.9M

The cost of living in Crete is 5% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4640th and 4858th ($1150 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 6th in Greece and China, respectively. Check Greece vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in Shanghai. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 5717th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Shanghai

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	Crete	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$30174

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746