Crete vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Crete	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1303	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3083	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$612	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$1051	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$461	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$115	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1100	$832
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	32	8
😀 Quality of life	63	63
🏙️ Population	623K	24.7K

The cost of living in Crete is 18% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4484th and 3601st ($1303 vs $1585) 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 0.8 months in Crete compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Crete ranked 30th best city to live in Greece vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5605th and 5581st 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	$14.4	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.3	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1017	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$771	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.4%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4155	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3011	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.8	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.1	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.47	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.44	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.79	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.27	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$95	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.7	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$432	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5111	$8213

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1256
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1174
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1245
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1835
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$2056
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$926
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1477
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1636
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1438
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1386
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1281
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1291
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1177
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1162
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1436
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1170
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1055
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1265
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1192
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1259
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1415
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1284
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1127
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1041
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1143
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1026
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$884
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$361
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$770
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1254
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1224
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$361
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$799
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$595
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$1046
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$686
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$846
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$652
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1111
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$760

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420