Crete vs Singapore City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Singapore City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$3168
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$7320
🏠 One person rent	$532	$2164
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$4039
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$567
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$273
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$4523
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	33	89
😀 Quality of life	72	97
🏙️ Population	623K	5.87M

The cost of living in Crete is 63% less expensive than in Singapore City. Cities ranked 4641st and 81st ($1186 vs $3168) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in Greece and Singapore, respectively. Check Greece vs Singapore comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.4 months in Singapore City. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Singapore City ranked 1st in Singapore, while ranked 1944th and 8th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Singapore City

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	Crete	Singapore City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$64.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$7.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$8.1
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$5.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$2514
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1898
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$5063
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$3531
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$107
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$166
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$36.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$21434
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$7782
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$1.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$82.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$2.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$19.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$4.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$4.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.96
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$28.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$4.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$3.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$4.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$72.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$27.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$76
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$1202
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$28407

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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 Singapore City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Bukit Merah	$2852
18 km or 11 mi	Johor Bahru	$709
35 km or 22 mi	Batam	$604
84 km or 52 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$549
98 km or 61 mi	Kluang	$745
114 km or 71 mi	Batu Pahat	$750
161 km or 100 mi	Muar	$752
199 km or 123 mi	Malacca	$699
261 km or 162 mi	Seremban	$630
264 km or 164 mi	Dumai	$585
275 km or 171 mi	Pekanbaru	$590
285 km or 177 mi	Kuantan	$518
296 km or 184 mi	Putrajaya	$571
299 km or 186 mi	Cyberjaya	$617
311 km or 193 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892
314 km or 195 mi	Subang Jaya	$732
316 km or 196 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
321 km or 199 mi	Shah Alam	$687
322 km or 200 mi	Jambi	$499
325 km or 202 mi	Klang	$729
328 km or 204 mi	Chukai	$579
434 km or 269 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
454 km or 282 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544
457 km or 284 mi	Padang	$950
476 km or 296 mi	Ipoh	$670
482 km or 299 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
488 km or 303 mi	Palembang	$420
504 km or 313 mi	Padangsidempuan	$624
521 km or 324 mi	Taiping	$759
522 km or 324 mi	Lubuklinggau	$496
528 km or 328 mi	Prabumulih	$441
558 km or 347 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
562 km or 349 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
564 km or 351 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
578 km or 359 mi	Singkawang	$459
592 km or 368 mi	Bengkulu	$530
594 km or 369 mi	Butterworth	$671
595 km or 370 mi	Pagar Alam	$485
598 km or 372 mi	George Town	$669
608 km or 378 mi	Sungai Petani	$637