embassly
SOS
Sofia

Bulgaria: embassies, consulates & entry rules

foreign missions here
101
Consulates
32
missions abroad
114
Visa-free / Visa on arrival
93
Photo: Deensel · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Live & travel in Bulgaria

Monthly budget
$1,100/mo
Prices vs USA: 24%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 0.897 EUR
US travel advisory
Level 1
Homicides / 100k: 1.1
travel.state.gov
Internet access
82%
of people online
Air quality
19.7
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Bulgarian
Emergency
112
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug
Calling code
+359

Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Oct 8, 2025

3.9
/ 5
embassly score

Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept

  • Cost4.7
  • Safety4.8
  • Internet access4.1
  • Air quality3.0
  • Climate2.8
City guide: Sofia
SOS · Bulgaria112Restaurants, cafés and dishes in BulgariaBanitsa · Garash cake · Lyutenitsa · Tarator · Patatnik

Government consensus

Normal precautions· 3 of 3 governments
  • United StatesNormal precautions
  • United KingdomNormal precautions
  • CanadaNormal precautions

Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Upcoming public holidays

  • Dec 24, 2026 · Christmas Eve
  • Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
  • Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
  • Mar 3, 2027 · Liberation Day
  • Apr 30, 2027 · Good Friday
  • May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
  • May 2, 2027 · Easter Sunday
  • May 3, 2027 · Easter Monday

Cities in Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria
3.9 / 5
Bulgaria

Sofia

$1,100/mo · 5°C

© Deensel · CC BY 2.0Plovdiv, Bulgaria
3.9 / 5
Bulgaria

Plovdiv

$1,100/mo · 8°C

© Ilia Markov from Sofia, Bulgaria · CC BY-SA 2.0Burgas, Bulgaria
4.0 / 5
Bulgaria

Burgas

$1,100/mo · 10°C

© Collage by Dvais5. Photograph authors and links (from top to bottom, left to rig · CC BY-SA 4.0

Traveller essentials · Bulgaria

Emergency
112
Calling code
+359
Currency
EUR
Plug types
Schuko, Europlug
Drives on the
right
Capital
Sofia

Foreign missions in Bulgaria

AfghanistanSofia1AlbaniaSofia1AlgeriaSofia1Antigua & BarbudaSofia1ArgentinaSofia1ArmeniaSofia1AustraliaSofia1AustriaSofia1AzerbaijanSofia1BarbadosSofia1BelarusSofia1BelgiumSofia1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSofia1BrazilSofia1CambodiaSofia1CanadaSofia1ChinaSofia1CroatiaSofia1CubaSofia1CyprusSofia1CzechiaSofia, Burgas, Варна4DenmarkSofia1EgyptSofia1FinlandSofia1FranceSofia1GeorgiaSofia1GermanySofia, Plovdiv2GreeceSofia, Plovdiv2HungarySofia2IcelandSofia1IndiaSofia1IndonesiaSofia2IranSofia1IraqSofia1IrelandSofia1IsraelSofia1ItalySofia1JapanSofia1JordanSofia1KazakhstanSofia1KenyaSofia1KosovoSofia1KuwaitSofia1LatviaSofia1LebanonSofia1LibyaSofia1LithuaniaSofia1MoldovaSofia1MonacoSofia1MongoliaSofia2MontenegroSofia1MoroccoSofia1NetherlandsSofia1North KoreaSofia1North MacedoniaSofia1NorwaySofia2PakistanSofia1PalestineSofia1PolandSofia2PortugalSofia1QatarSofia1RomaniaSofia1RussiaSofia3Saudi ArabiaSofia1SerbiaSofia1SeychellesSofia1SlovakiaSofia1SloveniaSofia2South AfricaSofia1South KoreaSofia1SpainSofia1Sri LankaSofia1SwitzerlandSofia1SyriaSofia1TürkiyeSofia, Plovdiv, Burgas3UgandaSofia1UkraineSofia, Plovdiv2United Arab EmiratesSofia1United KingdomSofia, Plovdiv2United StatesSofia1Vatican CitySofia1VenezuelaSofia1VietnamSofia1YemenSofia1

Bulgaria missions abroad

AfghanistanKabul1AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1AzerbaijanBaku1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BrazilBrasília1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CanadaOttawa1ChinaBeijing, Shanghai2Costa RicaSan José1CroatiaZagreb, Split2CubaHavana1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1EgyptCairo1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, Strasbourg3GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Munich, Frankfurt5GreeceAthens, Thessaloniki2HungaryBudapest1IndiaNew Delhi1IndonesiaJakarta1IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan, Bari4JapanTokyo1JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana1KosovoPristina1KuwaitKuwait City1LatviaRiga1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1MexicoMexico City1MoldovaChișinău, Taraclia3MongoliaUlaanbaatar1MontenegroPodgorica1MoroccoRabat1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1NigeriaAbuja1North KoreaPyongyang1North MacedoniaSkopje, Bitola2NorwayOslo1PakistanIslamabad1PhilippinesManila1PolandWarsaw, Wrocław, Białystok3PortugalLisbon1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest, Timișoara2RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg2Saudi ArabiaRiyadh1SerbiaBelgrade, Niš3SlovakiaBratislava1SloveniaLjubljana1South AfricaPretoria1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Valencia, Barcelona4SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern, Geneva2TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul4UkraineKyiv, Odesa, Lviv3United Arab EmiratesDubai1United KingdomLondon, City of Edinburgh3United StatesWashington, D.C., New York City, Chicago4UzbekistanTashkent1VietnamHanoi1YemenSanaa1

Who can enter Bulgaria without a visa?

Visa-free93
Visa required105

Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.

Frequently asked questions

Embassies & consulates in Bulgaria?

101 missions, 84 countries.

Emergency: Bulgaria?

112

Who can enter Bulgaria without a visa?

93: Albania, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Brunei…