Crete vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Crete	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1324	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3122	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$635	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$1098	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1169	$961
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	8
😀 Quality of life	64	49
🏙️ Population	623K	24.7K

The cost of living in Crete is 19% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4482nd and 3452nd ($1324 vs $1637) 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 5386th and 6808th 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	$15.1	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.8	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.72	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.33	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$601	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$449	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1093	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.6	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.45%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3975	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2858	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.48	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.11	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.81	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.22	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.21	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.5	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.2	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$433	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5223	$8750

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415