Peshawar vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$130	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$1394
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	48	70
😀 Quality of life	40	78
🏙️ Population	1.97M	1.4M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 67% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 9093rd and 5261st ($346 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Pakistan and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 6958th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Sofia

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	Peshawar	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$6749

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596

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