Frankfurt vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$1394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	70
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	776K	1.4M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 92% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 1863rd and 5261st ($1989 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Germany and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Germany vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 47th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Sofia

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	Frankfurt	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$6749

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595

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