Phoenix vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phoenix	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2395	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5245	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1494	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$2384	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4432	$1394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	69	70
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	1.61M	1.4M

The cost of living in Phoenix is 131% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 955th and 5261st ($2395 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 875th 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 1.9 months in Phoenix compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Phoenix ranked 31st best city to live in the United States vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 146th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phoenix vs Sofia

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	Phoenix	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.03	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$6.21	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1215	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2412	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2009	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$224	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.2	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3133	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.4	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.3	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.39	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.91	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.8	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.19	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.8	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.1	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$132	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.3	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.3	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1103	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12281	$6749

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Cities near Phoenix

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Glendale	$1979
14 km or 9 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
16 km or 10 mi	Peoria	$2342
17 km or 10 mi	Tempe	$2423
25 km or 15 mi	El Mirage	$2304
26 km or 16 mi	Mesa	$2413
27 km or 17 mi	Avondale	$2525
28 km or 17 mi	Goodyear	$2468
29 km or 18 mi	Surprise	$2328
33 km or 21 mi	Chandler	$2306
33 km or 21 mi	Gilbert	$2417
33 km or 21 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
51 km or 31 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
51 km or 32 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
51 km or 32 mi	Buckeye	$2388
53 km or 33 mi	Maricopa	$2281
78 km or 48 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
84 km or 52 mi	Florence	$2319
118 km or 73 mi	Prescott	$2466
122 km or 76 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
155 km or 96 mi	Marana	$2073
160 km or 99 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
165 km or 102 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
181 km or 112 mi	Tucson	$1957
190 km or 118 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
205 km or 128 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
232 km or 144 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
234 km or 145 mi	Blythe	$2763
254 km or 158 mi	Yuma	$1815
259 km or 161 mi	Kingman	$1926
264 km or 164 mi	Nogales	$2077
268 km or 166 mi	Nogales	$830
276 km or 171 mi	San Luis	$1947
276 km or 172 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
278 km or 173 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
290 km or 180 mi	Bullhead	$1852
313 km or 194 mi	Caborca	$788
327 km or 203 mi	Brawley	$2729
330 km or 205 mi	Mexicali	$913
332 km or 207 mi	Calexico	$2724

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