Kharkiv vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kharkiv	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1360	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$207	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.9	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$388	$1394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	60	70
😀 Quality of life	56	78
🏙️ Population	1.42M	1.4M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 51% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 8600th and 5261st ($506 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Ukraine and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Kharkiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 5713th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Sofia

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	Kharkiv	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.71	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.63	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$207	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$132	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$444	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.2	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.01	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.9%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$662	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.94	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.47	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.94	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.63	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.19	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.38	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.3	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.16	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.94	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.5	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.4	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$360	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3129	$6749

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Cities near Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$552
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$490
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$486
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$586
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$490
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$718
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$550
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$605
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$611
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$536
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$459
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$574
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$448
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$455
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$505
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$507
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$550
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$494
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$430
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$513
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$433
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$571
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$683
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$617
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$850
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$440
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$433
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$561
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$552
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$538
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$595
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$549

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