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| ⭐️ Total score | 74 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Europe |
| 🚩 Country | Bulgaria |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 9 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 17 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 20°C 68°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 21°C 70°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 24 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 54.75 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 10 BGN in USD | USD 4.96 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BGN 1,000 = USD 496 |
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Costa Coffee Varna |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| ♻️ Return rate | 6% 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) | 👨 80% 👱♀️ 20% |
| 💻 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 | $1,334 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $803 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,190 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $340 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $198 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $99 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $867 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $41 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $1,584 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $52 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $4 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $2 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $1 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomad List members liked going here a lot
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Freedom of speech is weak
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomad List members go here
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 457° cold | 489° cold | 436° cold | 5412° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 8630° warm | 8630° warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 5513° cool | 436° cold |
| Real | 489° cold | 5010° cold | 468° cold | 5412° cool | 6619° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 5614° cool | 468° cold |
| Humidity | damp 74% | damp 71% | nice 67% | damp 71% | nice 72% | nice 78% | nice 68% | nice 64% | nice 62% | damp 72% | damp 74% | damp 73% |
| Rain | rainy 159mm | dry 17mm | dry 48mm | rainy 56mm | dry 32mm | rainy 109mm | dry 31mm | dry 16mm | dry 47mm | rainy 77mm | rainy 52mm | rainy 101mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 72% | cloudy 58% | cloudy 63% | cloudy 61% | cloudy 65% | cloudy 57% | pockets 16% | pockets 23% | pockets 46% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 71% | cloudy 88% |
| Air quality | okay 70 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI | okay 70 US AQI | okay 57 US AQI | okay 54 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 56 US AQI | 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 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 | 400 people | 267 people | 200 people | 400 people | 320 people | 500 people | 371 people | 420 people | 371 people | 280 people | 250 people | 240 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 29° 84° 27° 81°AQI 40✈️4h$2,307 / mo🌇 Also went here35 peopleThe city got overcrowded, really expensive, overhyped, can believe it is still the number one destination for remote workers. Where ever the hype or FOMO goes, you should go the oppositive!
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