Ottawa vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$1394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	50	70
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.4M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 98% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 1701st and 5261st ($2055 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Canada and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Canada vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 162nd and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Sofia

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	Ottawa	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$6749

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Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800

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