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Varna

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great

nice

beach

spent

weather

center

pretty

good

september

bars

food

affordable

spring

beaches

interesting

summer

nightlife

ride

bus

Varna is a nice city. Very eastern block style mostly, but the center has a nice promenade and the beach area is pretty good. I spent there about three weeks in September and the weather was great.

1 year ago

great city. lovely beach, bars, people are nice, food is amazing.
there is no more "Beehive" co working space though.

5 years ago

I spent two months in Varna (mid-September to mid-November) and loved it! Mild weather, very affordable, great expats community and a lot of things going on. Next time, I would like to visit it in the spring!

5 years ago

From July to September one of the best Citys in Europe for me.

5 years ago

I spent 11 days here. I like it a lot. Beaches, affordable, interesting architecture. Cool place and I could spend a summer here easily if I had a friend. Though, if you're single it wouldn't be hard to make one, as people here are amazing looking.

I like the park a lot, and it has some interesting museums. Not a big hipster scene if that's your thing. More tourists, mostly from Bulgaria, Russia and Turkey.

Nightlife is... okay. Mostly mafia and gypsy bars. But I do love this one bar called Cubo, on the beach. Great place. Very reasonable prices. Cheap actually.
Nice place that needs more hype.

I don't like that there's no ride hailing apps, and Google maps doesn't tell bus schedules. So transportation sucks. But most stuff is walking distance or a short bus ride, once you figure it out.

5 years ago

The data on Varna here is hilarious. Nomad costs 1.800 $? When the local live on 400$? The rent cost here 300 $ for a good apartment in the center. Then add 10 $ a day for food. You'll end up at 600-700 $. Add additional expenses for partying.
The only downside is the cold weather in january and february. Other than that it's a pretty great place. Better than Sofia, any day.

5 years ago

Varna is a nice city, specially during spring and summer, great beaches and nightlife on high season

6 years ago

✅ Great beaches

✅ Affordable cost of living

✅ Mild weather

✅ Interesting architecture

✅ Nice nightlife options

✅ Friendly locals

✅ Good expat community

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ LGBTQ+ friendly

❌ Cold weather in winter months

❌ Lack of ride-hailing apps

❌ Transportation can be inconvenient

❌ Not much to do

❌ Cold now

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Very damp now

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Many people smoke tobacco

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels

41 5°
cold

43 6°
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41 5°
cold

48 9°
cold

64 18°
cool

70 21°
mild

79 26°
warm

70 21°
mild

55 13°
cool

54 12°
cool

43 6°
cold

Real

45 7°
cold

46 8°
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45 7°
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50 10°
cold

64 18°
cool

69 21°
mild

79 26°
warm

70 21°
mild

57 14°
cool

54 12°
cool

46 8°
cold

Humidity

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39%

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Most common

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Rain

dry
50mm

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17mm

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49mm

dry
31mm

rainy
52mm

dry
30mm

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15mm

dry
49mm

rainy
68mm

rainy
53mm

rainy
55mm

Cloud

pockets
44%

pockets
35%

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40%

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38%

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42%

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39%

pockets
16%

pockets
19%

pockets
31%

pockets
47%

pockets
44%

cloudy
53%

Air quality

okay
70 US AQI

okay
68 US AQI

okay
70 US AQI

okay
57 US AQI

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okay
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okay
57 US AQI

clean
43 US AQI

okay
60 US AQI

okay
53 US AQI

okay
69 US AQI

Sun

safe
1 UVI

safe
2 UVI

seek shade
3 UVI

seek shade
4 UVI

avoid sun
6 UVI

avoid sun
8 UVI

avoid sun
7 UVI

seek shade
5 UVI

seek shade
3 UVI

safe
2 UVI

safe
1 UVI

Remote workers

300 people

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486 people

418 people

431 people

444 people

333 people

360 people

233 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

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Burgas

Bulgaria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 49° AQI 11

🚕3h

$2,823 / mo

24 Mbps

Constanta

Romania

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 47°

✈️10min

$2,588 / mo

41 Mbps

Mamaia

Romania

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 44°

✈️10min

$3,456 / mo

53 Mbps

Bucharest

Romania

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45° AQI 39

✈️16min

$1,967 / mo

84 Mbps

Ploiesti

Romania

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 6° 43° AQI 18

✈️19min

$1,740 / mo

34 Mbps

Istanbul

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 51° AQI 79 😷

✈️21min

$1,932 / mo

20 Mbps

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 9° 48° 9° 49° AQI 14

✈️23min

$1,813 / mo

24 Mbps

Brasov

Romania

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌨 Feels 1° 34° 2° 35° AQI 42

✈️26min

$2,533 / mo

33 Mbps

Bursa

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52° AQI 306 😷

✈️27min

$1,217 / mo

12 Mbps

Craiova

Romania

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 4° 39° 6° 43° AQI 22

✈️28min

$1,774 / mo

33 Mbps

Sofia

Bulgaria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 6° 42° AQI 21

✈️30min

$2,253 / mo

24 Mbps

Bansko

Bulgaria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 1° 34° 1° 33°

✈️32min

$2,520 / mo

108 Mbps

Bucharest

Romania

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked very bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 45° AQI 39

✈️16min

$1,967 / mo

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Istanbul

Turkey

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 10° 50° 11° 51° AQI 79 😷

✈️21min

$1,932 / mo

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Sofia

Bulgaria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 6° 42° AQI 21

✈️30min

$2,253 / mo

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Greece

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 16° 61° 15° 59° AQI 68 😷

✈️54min

$2,870 / mo

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Budapest

Hungary

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 3° 37° 3° 37° AQI 55 😷

✈️1h

$2,807 / mo

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Vienna

Austria

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels -1° 30° 2° 35° AQI 46

✈️1h

$3,710 / mo

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Warsaw

Poland

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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✈️2h

$2,706 / mo

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Prague

Czechia

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels -1° 30° 1° 34° AQI 57 😷

✈️2h

$2,914 / mo

🌇 Also went here46 people

Berlin

Germany

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 1° 34° 3° 38° AQI 65 😷

✈️2h

$3,532 / mo

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Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 4° 39° 6° 42° AQI 53 😷

✈️3h

$5,092 / mo

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Paris

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 2° 36° 5° 41° AQI 62 😷

✈️3h

$4,746 / mo

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Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 9° 48° 10° 50° AQI 50

✈️3h

$3,798 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 8° 46° AQI 25

✈️3h

$5,515 / mo

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Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 12° 54° 12° 53° AQI 3

✈️4h

$3,046 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety good

Tap to open

🌥 Feels 35° 95° 32° 90° 🥵 AQI 128 😷

✈️10h

$1,524 / mo

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Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Not all nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

⭐️ Total score	3.05/5 (Rank #28) 111 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍11 liked it 👎0 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $2,015 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 24Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥶 Too cold: 8°C46°F (feels 7°C45°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	💦 Damp: 80%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Great: 18 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Good: 54 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Bad
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very low: $622 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Bad
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 Free WiFi in city	Okay
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Good
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
👩 Female friendly	Okay
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly	Okay
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	Bulgaria
🗓️ Average trip length	9 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	24 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌥 8°C 46°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 7°C 45°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 18 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👎😷 55 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	TaxiMe
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 BGN in USD	USD 5.37
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	BGN 1,000 = USD 537
💸 Tipping	Yes, 10%
💻 Best coworking space	BeeHive
☕️ Best coffee place	Costa Coffee Varna
🚰 Tap water	🚫 No, not drinkable
♻️ Return rate	7% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	340,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$7,465 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 46% 👱‍♀️ 54%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 54% 👱‍♀️ 46%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 84% 👱‍♀️ 16%
💻 Online electronics shop	Emag
🏠 Apartment listings	Imoti
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	Bulgaria Air
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Bulgaria Air
🏥 Best hospital	Universum Medical

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$2,015 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,180 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$1,743 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$498 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,157 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$1,948 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$349 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$54 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$64 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$182 / month
🍛 Dinner	$8
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$2
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$1
👩‍🏫 International school	$4,158 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$25 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$2 / trip