Where in Bulgaria should your family live? Decide by the numbers
Compare cities by rent, wages and winter, find your match in two minutes and estimate your family budget. Every figure has a source.
How much of a salary goes on rent
One-bedroom flat outside the centre, as a share of the regional average gross wage
Stara Zagora18%Veliko Tarnovo21%Ruse23%Sofia28%Plovdiv28%Varna31%Burgas33%Rent: Numbeo, October 2026. Wages: NSI, Q2 2026. All figures
Tools, not just articles
Thousands of articles repeat each other. We compute: compare cities, match you to one, estimate your budget.
City match
Six questions: sea, budget, work, winter. Get your top three cities with reasons.
🧮Budget calculator
Rent, utilities, food and kindergarten for your family in your chosen city.
🏙City catalogue
Seven cities: rent, price per m², wages, climate, airport. Sortable.
📄Paperwork
Address registration, residence, apostille: step by step for three situations.
The largest cities
Sofia
🏛 capitalPlovdiv
large cityVarna
🌊 seaBulgaria switched to the euro on 1 January 2026
Many relocation guides are written in leva and predate 2025. All our amounts are in euro, each with the date it was checked.
Guide
Sections are being filled one by one. Finished ones are marked.
Paperwork
Address registration, residence, apostille and translation.
ready🏙Cities and prices
Rent, purchase prices, wages and climate by city.
readyWork without Bulgarian
Where you can get hired and typical pay.
coming soonKindergartens and schools
Enrolment, queues, adapting. State kindergartens are free.
coming soonYour car
Re-registration, insurance, licences.
coming soonBenefits
Child benefits: who qualifies and when.
coming soonHealthcare
Insurance, family doctor, visit prices.
coming soonWhy BG Kompas
Nothing to sell
We are not an agency selling “turnkey residency”. We explain how to do it yourself.
Figures with sources
Every figure has a link and a date. Where data is thin, we say so.
For ordinary families
For people moving to live, work and raise children, not for investors.
Are your customers moving to Bulgaria?
Insurers, banks, schools, movers, lawyers: reach families at the exact moment they choose a city and plan a budget.