Crete vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$1074
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$2495
🏠 One person rent	$647	$545
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$805
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$1751
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	16
😀 Quality of life	64	57
🏙️ Population	623K	886K

The cost of living in Crete is 27% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 4439th and 5149th ($1360 vs $1074) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 5th in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5413th and 6188th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Tabuk

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	Crete	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$7.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$6.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$359
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$715
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$589
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$80.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	5.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$1530
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$9.97
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$6.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$3.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$25.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$3.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$28.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$660
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$8518

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1329
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1207
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1320
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1900
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2084
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$937
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1497
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1663
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1468
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1410
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1304
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1318
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1240
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1169
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1462
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1187
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1069
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1286
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1279
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1426
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1322
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1139
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1046
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1165
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1031
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$893
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$359
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$822
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1272
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1199
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$803
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$627
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1040
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$724
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$897
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$680
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1104
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$767

Cities near Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$800
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$479
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1853
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$824
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$942
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$665
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$354
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$360
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$724
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$2002
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1946
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$790
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1700
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1936
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1962
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1062
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$895
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$2022
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$776
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1993
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2483
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1013
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$776
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1122
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1761
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$546
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$2145
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$2066
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2346
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2172
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$2154
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$288
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403