Sao Tome vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sao Tome	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$900	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2253	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$312	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$626	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.2	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$252	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	1	70
😀 Quality of life	22	78
🏙️ Population	65.5K	1.4M

The cost of living in Sao Tome is 13% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 6047th and 5261st ($900 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Sao Tome and Principe and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Sao Tome and Principe vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Sao Tome compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Sao Tome ranked 1st best city to live in Sao Tome and Principe vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 8798th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sao Tome vs Sofia

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	Sao Tome	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.72	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.2	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.35%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1445	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$123	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.27	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.12	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.96	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$19	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.7	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.28	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.8	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$126	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3685	$6749

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Cities near Sao Tome

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Trindade	$900
256 km or 159 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
303 km or 188 mi	Libreville	$668
375 km or 233 mi	Bata	$1121
443 km or 275 mi	Malabo	$741
492 km or 306 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
494 km or 307 mi	Limbe	$655
509 km or 316 mi	Buea	$601
529 km or 328 mi	Douala	$1265
537 km or 333 mi	Aba	$621
543 km or 337 mi	Calabar	$384
565 km or 351 mi	Kumba	$764
574 km or 356 mi	Owerri	$1611
584 km or 363 mi	Umuahia	$883
587 km or 365 mi	Warri	$881
649 km or 403 mi	Onitsha	$972
653 km or 406 mi	Awka	$805
660 km or 410 mi	Yaounde	$747
677 km or 421 mi	Benin	$558
684 km or 425 mi	Enugu	$462
702 km or 436 mi	Bafoussam	$555
730 km or 454 mi	Bamenda	$553
772 km or 480 mi	Owo	$651
774 km or 481 mi	Lagos	$1113
788 km or 490 mi	Akure	$634
806 km or 501 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
822 km or 511 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
824 km or 512 mi	Cotonou	$709
827 km or 514 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Ife	$779
845 km or 525 mi	Ibadan	$776
846 km or 526 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
861 km or 535 mi	Osogbo	$695
884 km or 549 mi	Kayes	$523
889 km or 552 mi	Lome	$755
890 km or 553 mi	Oyo	$677
892 km or 555 mi	Cabinda	$676
907 km or 564 mi	Madingou	$519
924 km or 574 mi	Gamboma	$522
926 km or 575 mi	Abomey	$590

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