Crete vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$530	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	8
😀 Quality of life	56	59
🏙️ Population	623K	24.7K

The cost of living in Crete is 23% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4640th and 3454th ($1150 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th 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 28th best city to live in Greece vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5717th and 5404th 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	$12.8	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408