Crete vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$530	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	32	24
😀 Quality of life	56	39
🏙️ Population	623K	6.56M

The cost of living in Crete is 94% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4640th and 7740th ($1150 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 5717th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Shaoyang

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	Crete	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600