Kazan vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kazan	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$734	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1795	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$375	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$716	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.5	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$692	$1394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	54	70
😀 Quality of life	60	78
🏙️ Population	1.26M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kazan is 29% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 6742nd and 5261st ($734 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 1st in Russia and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Russia vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Kazan ranked 7th best city to live in Russia vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 5162nd and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Sofia

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	Kazan	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.3	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.12	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$421	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$861	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$561	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89.4	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.82	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.99%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2754	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1894	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.7	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.29	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.72	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.78	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.29	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.16	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.97	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.5	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.57	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.97	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.57	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.2	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$216	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4497	$6749

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867

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