Crete vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2459
🏠 One person rent	$530	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$1176
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$57.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$894
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	29
😀 Quality of life	56	51
🏙️ Population	623K	431K

The cost of living in Crete is 33% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 4640th and 6224th ($1150 vs $862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th 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 1 months in Windhoek. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 5717th and 6198th 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	$12.8	$9.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$5.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1094
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$1008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$104
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$46.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	11.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1274
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$786
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$43.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$5.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$6.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$4344

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$792
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$811
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$813
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$777
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$827
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$768
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$740
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$742
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$731
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$699
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$628
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$664
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$665
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$691
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$780
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$583
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$631
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$814
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$540
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$688
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$624
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$577
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$820
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$748
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$923
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$837
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$953
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$671
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$906
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$807
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$645
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$785