Crete vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$530	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	32	95
😀 Quality of life	56	86
🏙️ Population	623K	2.6M

The cost of living in Crete is 3% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 4640th and 4534th ($1150 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Taiwan, respectively. Check Greece vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 5717th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Taipei

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	Crete	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$19749

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581