Cost of living comparison
Crete is 52.4% more expensive than Quito.
If you lived in Crete instead of Quito, you would:
pay 3.3 times more for restaurants
Quito
|
Crete
|
||
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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$4.25
|
$29.24
€26.35
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$8.00
|
?? | |
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.11
|
$1.30
€1.17
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.76
|
$1.35
€1.22
|
|
pay 24.4% more for groceries
Quito
|
Crete
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$1.58
|
$1.08
€0.98
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.00
|
$10.02
€9.03
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.02
|
$7.99
€7.20
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.23
|
$3.90
€3.51
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.23
|
$4.91
€4.43
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.06
|
$0.74
€0.66
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.53
|
$1.01
€0.91
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.67
|
$0.49
€0.44
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.59
|
$0.52
€0.47
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.65
|
$0.39
€0.35
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.47
|
$0.20
€0.18
|
|
pay 78.2% more for transportation
Quito
|
Crete
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.81
|
$8.06
€7.26
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$20.00
|
$43.32
€39.04
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,000.00
|
$20,237.78
€18,236.87
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$13.50
|
$14.66
€13.21
|
|
pay 59.1% more for housing
Quito
|
Crete
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$34.65
|
$30.68
€27.65
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$446.45
|
$250.71
€225.92
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$320.83
|
?? | |
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$31.61
|
$105.10
€94.71
|
|
pay 39.4% less for childcare
Quito
|
Crete
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$275.00
|
$166.78
€150.29
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$7,180.00
|
$4,347.65
€3,917.80
|
|
pay 5.5% more for entertainment and sports
Quito
|
Crete
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.00
|
$3.52
€3.17
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.79
|
$3.93
€3.54
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$6.50
|
$4.77
€4.29
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$40.67
|
$35.74
€32.21
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.00
|
$7.58
€6.83
|
|
pay 10.7% more for clothing
Quito
|
Crete
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$46.67
|
$86.64
€78.07
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$44.92
|
$30.68
€27.65
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$98.08
|
$64.98
€58.55
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$86.36
|
$105.59
€95.15
|
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