Crete vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$4051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$8925
🏠 One person rent	$532	$2620
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$4454
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$807
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$399
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$5777
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	33	100
😀 Quality of life	72	97
🏙️ Population	623K	8.8M

The cost of living in Crete is 71% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 4641st and 5th ($1186 vs $4051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 3rd in Greece and the United States, respectively. Check Greece vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 1.4 months in New York City. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 1944th and 13th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs New York City

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	Crete	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$24.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$111
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$9.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$6.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$3.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$2702
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$2361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$5005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$3996
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$69.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	6.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$19111
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$3215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$2.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$138
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$27.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$6.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$5.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$5.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$5.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$17.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$10
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$7.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$144
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$19.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$156
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$25.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$1717
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$20585

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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 New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108