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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Sofia, a month

£657 to £839 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

Not every cost has a checked figure for Sofia, so the real total is higher than this. The missing ones are marked below.

RentOne-bed, city centre, from a law firm's blog on its clients' leases, April 2026. Furnished or not is not stated. Outside the centre, EUR 450 to 550. EUR 600 to 750
£506 to £632
A deskNo checked coworking price yet: betahaus gives day passes only on request
Not included
Weekday lunchesSoup, a main and bread at a neighbourhood restaurant, EUR 7 to 10 each, 22 working days
£130 to £185
Getting aroundPersonalised monthly card, all daytime lines. EUR 25.50
£21

Bulgaria's Digital nomad residence permit asks for about £1,930 to £2,180 a month in income. Check your own case

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What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.