San Jose, United States vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Jose	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3810	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8485	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$2688	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$4744	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$759	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6191	$1394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	70
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.4M

The cost of living in San Jose, United States is 267% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 8th and 5261st ($3810 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 1.6 months in San Jose, United States compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. San Jose, United States ranked 11th best city to live in the United States vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 82nd and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, United States vs Sofia

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	San Jose	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$100	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$5.89	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2643	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2388	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4230	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.8	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9512	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.5	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.73	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.03	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.2	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.05	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$129	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$149	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.6	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1805	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25839	$6749

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Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3362
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3419
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4167
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3287
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3131
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2828
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3448
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3295
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3159
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3752
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3187
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3060
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3286
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3326
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3002
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3649
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3412
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3344
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3448
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3006
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3096
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3437
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3657
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3466
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2811
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3059
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2747
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3678
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$3041
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2963
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3269
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$3045
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3226
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3785
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3195
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3364
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2135
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$2968

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