Crete vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Crete	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1144	$1657
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2828	$3999
🏠 One person rent	$446	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$1749
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$73.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1491	$1375
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	33	37
😀 Quality of life	60	72
🏙️ Population	623K	6.44K

The cost of living in Crete is 31% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 4581st and 2834th ($1144 vs $1657) 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 1.3 months in Crete compared to 0.8 months in Valletta. Crete ranked 17th best city to live in Greece vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 5333rd and 2020th 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	$29	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$760
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$2091
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.2	$81.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$44.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.26%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3523	$8034
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2157	$4060
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.45
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$3.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.84	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.79	$5.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$73.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.62	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.2	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.7	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4341	$10317

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1075
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1015
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1169
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1738
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1974
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$844
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1359
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1475
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1235
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1097
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1058
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1287
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1137
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1047
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1172
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1467
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1061
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1038
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1129
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$785
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$403
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$647
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1186
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1086
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$402
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$774
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$541
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$825
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$576
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$829
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$544
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1037
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$647

Cities near Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1670
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1708
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1278
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1608
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1469
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1338
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1120
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$927
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1027
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1103
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$983
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1163
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1150
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1122
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1050
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$979
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1329
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$418
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$423
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$470
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$435
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1530
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1324
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$377
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$596
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$386
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$340
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$390
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1017
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1307
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$407
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$355