Quebec City vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Quebec City	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1632	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3776	$3082
🏠 One person rent	$826	$629
🏘️ Family rent	$1323	$1103
🍽️ Food expenses	$538	$406
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$92.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$1061
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	38	70
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	549K	1.4M

The cost of living in Quebec City is 31% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 3402nd and 4611th ($1632 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 116th and 1st in Canada and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Canada vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Quebec City compared to 0.9 months in Sofia. Quebec City ranked 25th best city to live in Canada vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 300th and 1070th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Quebec City vs Sofia infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/quebec/sofia.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Quebec City vs Sofia infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/quebec/sofia" target="_blank">Quebec City vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Quebec City vs Sofia

Prices for goods and services in Quebec City and Sofia are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Quebec City	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.4	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$9.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$2.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$2.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$1.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$788	$661
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$714	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1419	$1209
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1141	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$147
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.4	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.88%	3.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9628	$3978
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3472	$2572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.5	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.6	$9.21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.17	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.02	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.04	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.14	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.6	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.04	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$3.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$79	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.8	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$816	$659
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6103	$9717

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Quebec City

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Levis	$1622
80 km or 50 mi	Thetford Mines	$1019
89 km or 55 mi	Saint-Georges	$1470
102 km or 64 mi	Victoriaville	$1265
114 km or 71 mi	Trois-Rivieres	$1136
120 km or 74 mi	Shawinigan	$1388
142 km or 88 mi	Drummondville	$1363
166 km or 103 mi	Sherbrooke	$1420
169 km or 105 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1549
170 km or 106 mi	Riviere-du-Loup	$1455
178 km or 111 mi	Saguenay	$1077
180 km or 112 mi	Chicoutimi	$1223
187 km or 116 mi	Magog	$1486
188 km or 117 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1586
192 km or 120 mi	Joliette	$1449
195 km or 121 mi	Alma	$1304
196 km or 122 mi	Granby	$1120
201 km or 125 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
206 km or 128 mi	Beloeil	$1776
210 km or 131 mi	Repentigny	$1767
211 km or 131 mi	Varennes	$1786
212 km or 132 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822
217 km or 135 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
218 km or 135 mi	Mascouche	$1766
218 km or 136 mi	Boucherville	$1820
220 km or 136 mi	Chambly	$1853
223 km or 138 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
223 km or 139 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
227 km or 141 mi	Longueuil	$1842
228 km or 142 mi	Brossard	$2055
229 km or 142 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
229 km or 143 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1805
231 km or 144 mi	Montreal	$1903
234 km or 146 mi	La Prairie	$1911
236 km or 146 mi	Westmount	$1814
236 km or 146 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
238 km or 148 mi	Laval	$1930
238 km or 148 mi	Candiac	$1892
241 km or 150 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
241 km or 150 mi	Boisbriand	$1763

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