Bogota vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bogota	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$887	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2258	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$388	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	89	70
😀 Quality of life	60	78
🏙️ Population	8.03M	1.4M

The cost of living in Bogota is 14% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 6104th and 5261st ($887 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Colombia and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Colombia vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Bogota compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Bogota ranked 1st best city to live in Colombia vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 5261st and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bogota vs Sofia

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	Bogota	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.32	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$429	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$784	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$588	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.6	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.7	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.4	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.24%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1877	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1355	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.2	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.35	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.11	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.89	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.1	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.62	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.1	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.7	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8398	$6749

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Cities near Bogota

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Soacha	$794
39 km or 24 mi	Facatativa	$674
46 km or 29 mi	Zipaquira	$709
72 km or 44 mi	Villavicencio	$497
88 km or 55 mi	Girardot	$493
127 km or 79 mi	Ibague	$529
130 km or 81 mi	Tunja	$563
165 km or 102 mi	Manizales	$653
166 km or 103 mi	Salento	$605
176 km or 109 mi	Sogamoso	$534
177 km or 110 mi	Duitama	$882
178 km or 110 mi	Armenia	$598
181 km or 113 mi	Pereira	$680
202 km or 126 mi	Yopal	$722
205 km or 127 mi	Cartago	$649
231 km or 144 mi	Neiva	$557
241 km or 150 mi	Envigado	$897
243 km or 151 mi	Tulua	$513
246 km or 153 mi	Medellin	$906
252 km or 157 mi	Bello	$839
274 km or 170 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
274 km or 170 mi	Palmira	$666
294 km or 182 mi	Floridablanca	$648
298 km or 185 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
301 km or 187 mi	Cali	$748
311 km or 193 mi	Quibdo	$705
338 km or 210 mi	Buenaventura	$742
371 km or 230 mi	Popayan	$477
375 km or 233 mi	Florencia	$410
392 km or 244 mi	Rubio	$599
399 km or 248 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Cucuta	$562
405 km or 252 mi	San Cristobal	$592
411 km or 255 mi	Tariba	$598
412 km or 256 mi	Ocana	$650
454 km or 282 mi	La Grita	$618
458 km or 285 mi	Arauca	$649
472 km or 293 mi	Guasdualito	$665
486 km or 302 mi	Turbo	$664
503 km or 312 mi	Monteria	$645

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