Rome vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$929	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	92	70
😀 Quality of life	86	78
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.4M

The cost of living in Rome is 66% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 2624th and 5261st ($1718 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Italy and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Italy vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 337th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Sofia

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	Rome	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$6749

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201

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