Crete vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$530	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	32	78
😀 Quality of life	56	66
🏙️ Population	623K	12.6M

The cost of living in Crete is 124% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4640th and 8544th ($1150 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 499th in Greece and China, respectively. Check Greece vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 5717th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Zhengzhou

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	Crete	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.8	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591