Crete vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1494
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3243
🏠 One person rent	$530	$958
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1655
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$2174
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	32	65
😀 Quality of life	56	83
🏙️ Population	623K	1.25M

The cost of living in Crete is 23% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 4640th and 3460th ($1150 vs $1494) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th in Greece and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Greece vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 5717th and 412th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Sharjah

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	Crete	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$5.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$9.45
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$802
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$704
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1285
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$103
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$6652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$6.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$59.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$45.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$86.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$271
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$7169

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2240
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2379
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1239
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1844
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$967
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$780
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1090
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1779
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1709
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$547
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$548
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$518
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$514
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1280
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1223
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1243
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$515
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$585
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$1068
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1056
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$589
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$563
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$897
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$605
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$464
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$546
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$901
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$529
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$829
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$573
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$536