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| ⭐️ Overall Score | 251 reviews |
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| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
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| 🌍 Region | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Bulgaria |
| ⏱ Average trip duration | 8 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 23°C 74°F + Humid (64%) = feels 23°C 73°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 44 US AQI 🍃 good |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 😷 119 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Triadica |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Serdika |
| 🚕 Best taxi app (in country) | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | Mtel |
| 💸 10 BGN in USD | USD 5.80 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BGN 1,000 = USD 580 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Betahaus |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Soho |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 👌 Yes, drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 11% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 1,010,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 19,357 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 people |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) | 👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 54% 👱♀️ 46% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Emag |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Imoti |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | WizzAir |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Bulgaria Air |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,384 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $795 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,659 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $474 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $348 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $157 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $952 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $45 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (284 listings) | $1,015 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $33 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 58✈️42min$2,871 / mo12MbpsI've been here for the last 5 months. People are extremely friendly, the weather has been amazing (o
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 29° 84° 27° 80°AQI 32✈️11min$1,389 / mo27MbpsSuper fun and beautiful city. I find Parisians are actually very patient and warm if you at least at
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 25✈️2h$3,930 / mo29MbpsNiš is not very touristic though you'll have to check the skull tower. The fortress is a nice place
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 74°AQI 27✈️11min$2,148 / mo34MbpsI stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 20° 68° 19° 67°AQI 31✈️50min$1,498 / mo41MbpsChiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really chea
⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 45° 113° 33° 91°🥵AQI 51✈️10h$1,090 / mo23MbpsI spent 4 months in Belgrade, putting myself out there quite a lot socially [PROS]- city center is q
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⭐️ Score 💵 Cost 📡 Internet 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 43° 109° 32° 90°🥵AQI 43✈️11h$1,489 / mo🌇 Also went here131 people| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 0° freezing | 457° cold | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7021° mild | 8127° warm | 8630° warm | 9032° hot | 8127° warm | 7021° mild | 5513° cool | 436° cold |
| Real | 341° very cold | 457° cold | 5915° cool | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 7826° warm | 8228° very warm | 8630° very warm | 7926° warm | 6921° mild | 5513° cool | 436° very cold |
| Humidity | damp 82% | damp 76% | nice 62% | nice 62% | nice 69% | nice 72% | nice 64% | nice 54% | nice 58% | nice 68% | damp 84% | damp 79% |
| Rain | dry 16mm | dry 11mm | dry 6mm | dry 30mm | dry 42mm | rainy 138mm | rainy 53mm | dry 12mm | dry 20mm | dry 17mm | dry 25mm | dry 13mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 67% | pockets 39% | pockets 36% | cloudy 51% | pockets 46% | pockets 35% | pockets 22% | clear 8% | pockets 34% | clear 9% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 78% |
| Air quality | clean 113 US AQI | clean 105 US AQI | clean 95 US AQI | clean 80 US AQI | clean 68 US AQI | clean 76 US AQI | clean 67 US AQI | clean 78 US AQI | clean 84 US AQI | clean 110 US AQI | clean 96 US AQI | clean 99 US AQI |
| Sun | safe 1 UVI | safe 2 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunscreen 5 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | sunburn 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | sunscreen 6 UVI | sunscreen 4 UVI | safe 2 UVI | safe 1 UVI |
| Nomad List members | 3 people | 2 people | 2 people | 3 people | 3 people | 5 people | 4 people | 4 people | 6 people | 3 people | 2 people | 2 people |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Many members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
❌ Gets very cold in the winter
❌ Not many members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
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