Crete vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$1649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$3939
🏠 One person rent	$532	$953
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$1777
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$1527
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	33	37
😀 Quality of life	72	72
🏙️ Population	623K	6.44K

The cost of living in Crete is 28% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 4641st and 3052nd ($1186 vs $1649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 3rd in Greece and Malta, respectively. Check Greece vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.9 months in Valletta. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Valletta ranked 7th in Malta, while ranked 1944th and 1891st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Valletta

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	Crete	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$4.17
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$1035
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$813
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$2112
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$1534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$90.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$37.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	5.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$8404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$4204
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$2.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$29.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$6.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$692
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$8876

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1771
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1747
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1334
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1643
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1591
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1341
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1519
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1434
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1649
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1172
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$990
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1134
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1188
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1031
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1229
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1160
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1211
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1157
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1086
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1005
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1356
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$482
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$496
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$432
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$462
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1567
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1212
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$388
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$522
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$398
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$419
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$402
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$453
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$563
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$490
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1057
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1272
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$388
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$344