Crete vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$532	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$4399
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	99
😀 Quality of life	72	99
🏙️ Population	623K	4.84M

The cost of living in Crete is 58% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4641st and 312th ($1186 vs $2801) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in Greece and Australia, respectively. Check Greece vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 1944th and 4th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Sydney

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	Crete	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$18951

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754