Crete vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$530	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1922
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	37
😀 Quality of life	56	73
🏙️ Population	623K	6.44K

The cost of living in Crete is 27% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 4640th and 3109th ($1150 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th 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 1.2 months in Valletta. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 5717th and 1378th 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	$12.8	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$8456

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348