Sofia Ranks 427th out of 549 Cities, According to Numbeo’s Cost of Living Index
Mid of January, Numbeo – the world’s largest database of user contributed data about cities and countries worldwide, updated their Cost of Living Index for 2018 where Sofia ranks 161st out of 193 European cities and 427th out of 549 cities in the global list of cities. Each city’s index is estimated based on combined data about housing indicators, health care, transportation, utilities, food and prices for everyday items people need or want.
Sofia’s index climbs up to 43.11 compared to last year’s index of 37.65 point, which makes the city a bit more expensive compared to 2017 but still among the most cost-friendly capitals to live in Europe and with the highest purchasing power among the 3 other Bulgarian cities in the ranking – Plovdiv, Varna and Bourgas. Sofia’s purchasing power index is 60 points, while the other three Bulgarian cities got 48 to 54.
Here is Numbeo’s summary about cost of living in Sofia:
- Four-person family monthly costs: BGN 2,811.88 without rent A single person monthly costs: BGN 799.42 without rent.
- Cost of living index in Sofia is 56.10% lower than in New York.
- Cost of living rank 427th out of 549 cities in the world.
- 161 out of 193 cities in Europe Zurich, Switzerland is the most expensive
- 22 out of 47 in CEE where Martin, Slovakia is on the top of the list
- Sofia has a cost of living index of 43.11*
*Data updated continuously on a daily basis
The most expensive place in the world is Hamilton, Bermuda.
Numbeo is a collection of Web pages containing numerical and other itemizable data about cities and countries, designed to enable anyone to contribute or modify content. Currently the platform contains 4,172,836 prices in 6,936 cities entered by 447,981 contributors. The full Sofia profile is published here https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Sofia, while the global ranking or data by selected region is available here https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/rankings.jsp
