Crete vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1261
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$530	$686
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$387
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$1615
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	62
😀 Quality of life	56	80
🏙️ Population	623K	581K

The cost of living in Crete is 9% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 4640th and 4316th ($1150 vs $1261) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Greece and Lithuania, respectively. Check Greece vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 5717th and 529th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Vilnius

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	Crete	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$54.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$7.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$4.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1330
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$856
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$135
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	4.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$5319
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$3255
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$30.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$3.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$9.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$5.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$34.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$8.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$49.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$72.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$582
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$8531

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$847
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$850
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1150
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$936
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$882
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$950
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$385
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$843
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1016
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$727
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$953
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$840
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1025
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$570
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$935
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$804
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$761
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$933
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1113
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$964
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1299
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$969
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$435
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$469
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$438
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$300
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$835
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$953
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$474
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$882
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$869
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1302