Nashville vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	78	70
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	689K	1.4M

The cost of living in Nashville is 142% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 790th and 5261st ($2508 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 1st in the United States and Bulgaria, respectively. Check the United States vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 244th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Sofia

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	Nashville	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$6749

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494

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