Crete vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$530	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	32	98
😀 Quality of life	56	93
🏙️ Population	623K	1.97M

The cost of living in Crete is 38% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 4640th and 2270th ($1150 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Austria, respectively. Check Greece vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5717th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Vienna

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	Crete	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987