Sheffield vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sheffield	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1764	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4219	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$1001	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$497	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$135	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2831	$1394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	54 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	87	70
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	518K	1.4M

The cost of living in Sheffield is 70% more expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 2490th and 5261st ($1764 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 147th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Bulgaria, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Sheffield compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Sheffield ranked 26th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 141st and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sheffield vs Sofia

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	Sheffield	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.5	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.31	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.39	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$937	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$818	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1922	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.7	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.27%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3631	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2541	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.8	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.67	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.32	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.2	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.92	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.5	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.2	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.8	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.5	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1155	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9487	$6749

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Cities near Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750

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