Naples vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Naples	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1605	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3654	$3082
🏠 One person rent	$828	$629
🏘️ Family rent	$1344	$1103
🍽️ Food expenses	$488	$406
🚐 Transport expenses	$139	$92.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1788	$1061
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	76	70
😀 Quality of life	86	78
🏙️ Population	913K	1.4M

The cost of living in Naples is 29% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 3492nd and 4611th ($1605 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 34th and 1st in Italy and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Italy vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Naples compared to 0.9 months in Sofia. Naples ranked 3rd best city to live in Italy vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 419th and 1070th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Naples vs Sofia

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	Naples	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$9.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.45	$2.98
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$1.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$893	$661
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$614	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1625	$1209
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$990	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$147
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.1	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	3.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5433	$3978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2766	$2572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.2	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$9.21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$1.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.82	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$8.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.41	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.02	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.55	$3.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$88.6	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.6	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$389	$659
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6122	$9717

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Cities near Naples

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.4 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1389
12 km or 7.6 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1381
25 km or 15 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1466
27 km or 17 mi	Caserta	$1291
28 km or 17 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1170
28 km or 17 mi	Aversa	$1191
37 km or 23 mi	Amalfi	$1689
46 km or 29 mi	Salerno	$1518
46 km or 29 mi	Avellino	$1217
55 km or 34 mi	Benevento	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Campobasso	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Terracina	$1462
117 km or 72 mi	Frosinone	$1145
129 km or 80 mi	Foggia	$1334
132 km or 82 mi	Potenza	$1366
133 km or 83 mi	Latina	$1345
144 km or 90 mi	Colleferro	$1413
146 km or 91 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1479
150 km or 93 mi	Avezzano	$1128
152 km or 94 mi	Anzio	$1376
157 km or 98 mi	San Giovanni Rotondo	$1375
169 km or 105 mi	Chieti	$1463
170 km or 106 mi	Frascati	$1747
178 km or 111 mi	Andria	$1418
179 km or 111 mi	Barletta	$1231
181 km or 113 mi	Pescara	$1166
184 km or 114 mi	L'Aquila	$1381
188 km or 117 mi	Trani	$1348
189 km or 117 mi	Rome	$2020
191 km or 119 mi	Vatican City	$1153
199 km or 124 mi	Matera	$1257
201 km or 125 mi	Molfetta	$1402
208 km or 129 mi	Teramo	$1264
210 km or 130 mi	Rieti	$1392
220 km or 137 mi	Ladispoli	$1680
222 km or 138 mi	Bari	$1588
232 km or 144 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1340
234 km or 145 mi	Terni	$1101
241 km or 150 mi	Cosenza	$1200
248 km or 154 mi	Civitavecchia	$1586

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