Crete vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$840
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$2441
🏠 One person rent	$532	$386
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$1086
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$781
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	33	28
😀 Quality of life	72	50
🏙️ Population	623K	431K

The cost of living in Crete is 41% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 4641st and 6296th ($1186 vs $840) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in Greece and Namibia, respectively. Check Greece vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.9 months in Windhoek. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 1944th and 6223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Windhoek

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	Crete	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$46.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$362
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1113
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$52.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$80.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$60.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	11.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$795
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$7.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$0.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$3.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$6.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$35.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$3.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$7.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$43.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$174
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$5452

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$779
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$833
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$818
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$797
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$832
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$807
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$790
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$766
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$761
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$741
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$654
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$690
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$692
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$718
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$809
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$600
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$663
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$859
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$554
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$670
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$585
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$652
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$848
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$774
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$971
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$874
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$997
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$736
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$909
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$838
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$705
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$822