Crete vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$2013
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$4848
🏠 One person rent	$532	$1146
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$3562
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	33	94
😀 Quality of life	72	96
🏙️ Population	623K	626K

The cost of living in Crete is 41% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 4641st and 1833rd ($1186 vs $2013) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 97th in Greece and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Greece vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.8 months in Glasgow. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1944th and 19th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Glasgow

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	Crete	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$2.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$1254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$882
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$2451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$1640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	5.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$3909
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$3280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$3.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$80.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$19.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$3.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$1167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$12979

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364