Ahmedabad vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$166	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$1394
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	57	70
😀 Quality of life	54	78
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.4M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 56% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 8848th and 5261st ($452 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1st in India and Bulgaria, respectively. Check India vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 5984th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Sofia

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	Ahmedabad	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$6749

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

Cities near Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$682
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$687
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$866
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$734
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$711
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$561
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$588
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$605
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$616
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$612
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$598
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$545
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$772
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$595
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$556
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$988
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$891
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$848
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$463
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$619
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$682
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$537
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$623
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$930
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$629
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$948
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$807
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$631
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$899
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$635
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$633