Male vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$814	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	7	70
😀 Quality of life	62	78
🏙️ Population	133K	1.4M

The cost of living in Male is 26% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 4205th and 5261st ($1304 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Maldives vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 4917th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Sofia

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	Male	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$6749

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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