Crete vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Crete	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$935
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3122	$2240
🏠 One person rent	$635	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$841
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$314
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$46.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1169	$589
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	32	44
😀 Quality of life	64	64
🏙️ Population	623K	1.4M

The cost of living in Crete is 42% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 4482nd and 6046th ($1324 vs $935) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Greece and Mongolia, respectively. Check Greece vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 5386th and 5297th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Crete	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.8	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.72	$5.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.33	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$522
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$449	$399
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$962
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$710
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$67.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.6	$13.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	8.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3975	$1954
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$961
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$4.99
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$4.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$9.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.11	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$3.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$75.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.21	$4.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$19.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$82.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$433	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5223	$8817

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1291
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1166
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1302
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1863
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2043
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$953
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1472
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1439
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1298
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1307
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1228
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1146
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1439
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1182
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1037
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1264
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1160
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1253
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1403
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1311
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1123
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1024
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1008
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$875
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$358
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$883
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1253
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1179
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$811
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$617
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1038
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$719
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$933
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$682
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1109
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$743

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$904
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$739
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$778
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$776
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$863
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$656
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$1039
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$721
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$693
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$578
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$665
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1426
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$691
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$658
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$676
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$568
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$820
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$789
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$680
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$639
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$684
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$607
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$577
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$629
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$594
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$593
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$618
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$503
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$570
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$509
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$653
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$492
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$580
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$433
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$722
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$594
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$627
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1108
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$460
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$672