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Bulgarian cities in numbers
Seven cities: rent, price per square metre, average wage, winter and summer, airport. Sort them your way or take the city match.
Stara Zagora
mid-size city€2261-bed rent
€1,230Avg wage
€950m² outside centre
❄ Jan +2.0 °C☀ Jul +25.2 °C✈ no airport👥 121,582
Veliko Tarnovo
small city€2351-bed rent
€1,112Avg wage
€1,210m² outside centre
❄ Jan -2.3 °C☀ Jul +22.9 °C✈ no airport👥 59,166
Ruse
mid-size city€2681-bed rent
€1,185Avg wage
€1,080m² outside centre
❄ Jan -0.1 °C☀ Jul +24.9 °C✈ no airport👥 121,168
Sofia
🏛 capital€5411-bed rent
€1,943Avg wage
€2,870m² outside centre
❄ Jan -0.5 °C☀ Jul +21.6 °C✈ SOF👥 1,295,591
Plovdiv
large city€3431-bed rent
€1,228Avg wage
€1,380m² outside centre
❄ Jan +1.1 °C☀ Jul +24.4 °C✈ PDV👥 329,489
Varna
🌊 sea€4211-bed rent
€1,360Avg wage
€1,940m² outside centre
❄ Jan +2.7 °C☀ Jul +23.3 °C✈ VAR👥 322,683
Burgas
🌊 sea€3901-bed rent
€1,175Avg wage
€1,720m² outside centre
❄ Jan +3.0 °C☀ Jul +23.7 °C✈ BOJ👥 210,382
Comparison table
| City | 1-bed, centre | 1-bed, outside | 3-bed, outside | m², centre | m², outside | Avg wage | Rent / wage | Utilities | January | July |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stara Zagora | €263 | €226 | €353 | €1,300 | €950 | €1,230 | 18% | €83 | +2.0 °C | +25.2 °C |
| Veliko Tarnovo | €313 | €235 | €372 | €2,170 | €1,210 | €1,112 | 21% | €85 | -2.3 °C | +22.9 °C |
| Ruse | €315 | €268 | €364 | €1,490 | €1,080 | €1,185 | 23% | €92 | -0.1 °C | +24.9 °C |
| Sofia | €697 | €541 | €941 | €3,940 | €2,870 | €1,943 | 28% | €142 | -0.5 °C | +21.6 °C |
| Plovdiv | €476 | €343 | €587 | €2,020 | €1,380 | €1,228 | 28% | €101 | +1.1 °C | +24.4 °C |
| Varna | €565 | €421 | €808 | €2,710 | €1,940 | €1,360 | 31% | €155 | +2.7 °C | +23.3 °C |
| Burgas | €485 | €390 | €559 | €2,250 | €1,720 | €1,175 | 33% | €91 | +3.0 °C | +23.7 °C |
Sources and method
- Average gross wage by province, Q2 2026: NSI (values read from the NSI chart)
- Rent, purchase prices, utilities, kindergartens, cost estimates: Numbeo, crowd-sourced, updated August–October 2026 (each city page links its source)
- Climate (January and July mean temperature) and population: Wikipedia articles citing NIMH and NSI
- Free state and municipal kindergartens: Eurydice
Numbeo prices are entered by residents. Small cities have few entries, so treat their figures as indicative. Numbeo gives purchase prices per square foot; we converted them to m² and rounded to €10.