Crete vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Crete	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1360	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3211	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$647	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$1121	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$474	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1212	$912
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	8
😀 Quality of life	64	48
🏙️ Population	623K	24.7K

The cost of living in Crete is 17% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4439th and 3471st ($1360 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Greece and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Greece vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Crete ranked 24th best city to live in Greece vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5413th and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Victoria

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	Crete	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.7	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$4	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$459	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1110	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$845	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.43%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4150	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.9	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.8	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.04	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.01	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.41	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.83	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.44	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.35	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.5	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.3	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$440	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5304	$8971

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1329
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1207
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1320
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1900
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2084
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$937
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1497
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1663
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1468
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1410
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1304
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1318
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1240
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1169
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1462
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1187
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1069
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1286
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1279
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1426
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1322
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1139
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1046
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1165
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1031
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$893
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$359
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$822
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1272
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1199
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$360
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$803
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$627
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1040
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$724
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$897
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$680
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1104
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$767

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419