Mexico City vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1043
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2606
🏠 One person rent	$611	$494
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$874
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$362
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$83.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$1389
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	90	69
😀 Quality of life	68	78
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.4M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 14% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 4630th and 5350th ($1190 vs $1043) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Mexico and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Mexico vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 3360th and 707th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Sofia

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	Mexico City	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$9.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$39.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$8.45
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$475
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$359
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$943
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$98
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$151
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$13.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	3.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$3253
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$2109
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$7.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$3.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$8.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$3.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$3.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$8.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$34.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$66.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$556
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$7369

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$712
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$876
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$610
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$943
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$706
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$684
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$770
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$743
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$571
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$589
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$640
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$634
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$529
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$589
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$549
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$785
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$661
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$595
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$1043
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$912
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$744
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$693
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$793
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$521
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$661
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$641
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$545
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$947
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$663
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$1055
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$668
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1086
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$692
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$737
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$624
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$985
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$685
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$668