Mexico City vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$3082
🏠 One person rent	$721	$629
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$1103
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$406
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$92.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$1061
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	70
😀 Quality of life	72	78
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.4M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 7% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 4418th and 4611th ($1331 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Mexico and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Mexico vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 0.9 months in Sofia. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 3317th and 1070th 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	$12	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$9.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$661
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$1209
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$147
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	3.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$3978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$2572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$9.21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$8.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$3.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$659
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$9717

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030

Cities near Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$730
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$766
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$707
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$854
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$776
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$836
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$819
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$575
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$642
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$668
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$702
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$670
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$643
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$572
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$849
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$655
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$595
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$1080
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$964
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$909
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$557
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$678
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$720
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$592
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$675
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$996
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$692
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$1048
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1091
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1225
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$918
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$591
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$1013
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$667
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$777