Living in Haskovo

In Haskovo, unemployment is 9% (2021).

For Haskovo, the unemployment rate was 9% in September 2021. The population of Haskovo, in Bulgaria, was 78,235 at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-10-0216 sources

Population78,235people31 Dec 2025Official source · NSI Infostat 1062 — population by sex, residence districts and municipalities

Average gross salary827.5EUR/month31 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract by statistical regions and districts in 2024 (EUR)

Average net rent1.83EUR/m²/monthcountry median €1.92 — 5% belowOfficial source · NSI City Statistics — Average annual rent for housing (per m2), Euro/m2

Unemployment rate9%country median 9.2% — 2% belowOfficial source · NSI Infostat 2016 — activity, employment and unemployment rates by municipality

Recorded crime1,056incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Report on the activity of the Ministry of Interior in 2025, Figure 2: registered crimes per 100,000 population

Which Bulgaria-wide rules apply when you move to Haskovo?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in BulgariaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Haskovo.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Haskovo?

Average net cold rent is 1.83 EUR/m² per month (2020), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 1.83 EUR/m²/month · NSI City Statistics — Average annual rent for housing (per m2), Euro/m2¹⁰

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€20

Mobile plan, 10 GB€16

Net rent across major citiesHaskovo highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Sofia€3.83

Plovdiv€2.75

Varna€2.42

Haskovo€1.83

Stara Zagora€1.75

Pazardzhik€1.67

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Shumen€2.33

Blagoevgrad€2.25

Vratsa€2.20

Burgas€2.00

Veliko Tarnovo€1.92

Ruse€1.92

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	20 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	A1 Bulgaria fixed internet¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	15.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vivacom mobile data plan¹⁶Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	1.83 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €1.92	31 Dec 2020	NSI City Statistics — Average annual rent for housing (per m2), Euro/m2¹⁰Official

Is Haskovo a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on housing, weak on air quality · range 48–68%

Skilled employee59%strong on housing, weak on education · range 50–68%

Student68%strong on cost, weak on education · range 57–79%

Family56%strong on safety, weak on education · range 45–67%

Retirement64%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 51–77%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 110 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 1.83 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2020

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Haskovo?

The unemployment rate is 9 % (September 2021). Source: NSI Infostat 2016 — activity, employment and unemployment rates by municipality¹²

Unemployment across cities in BulgariaUnemployment in Haskovo is 9.0%. Of 36 cities with data, 12 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

4–66–88–1010–1212–1414–1622–24

Haskovo 9.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	827.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract by statistical regions and districts in 2024 (EUR)²Official · county
Unemployment rate	9 %country median 9.2%	7 Sept 2021	NSI Infostat 2016 — activity, employment and unemployment rates by municipality¹²Official

Unemployment rate over time9 published observations, 2011–2022

3.7%

7.5%

11.3%

15.1%

5.1%20112016201820202022

Unemployment rate fell 64.1% between 2011 and 2022, from 14.3% to 5.1%.

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Haskovo. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Employment Agency — Public employment service

Bulgarian Employment Agency

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Haskovo. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Haskovo?

Police recorded about 1,056 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Report on the activity of the Ministry of Interior in 2025, Figure 2: registered crimes per 100,000 population¹⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,056 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Report on the activity of the Ministry of Interior in 2025, Figure 2: registered crimes per 100,000 population¹⁵Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹³Official
Nearest airport	PDV	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	60 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Haskovo. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Free Bulgarian language courses for people displaced from Ukraine — State Language Course

Government of Bulgaria / Bulgaria for Ukraine

For people displaced from Ukraine, adults, children.

BulgarianCEFR A1–B2In Person, OnlineFree

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Climate and air quality

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM1029WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂18WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	18 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — BG NO2 annual mean 2024 (station AMS Rakovski-Dimitrovgrad)³Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	29 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — BG PM10 annual mean 2024 (station RIEW-Haskovo)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 19.83 · Feb 22.3 · Mar 28.57 · Apr 30.48 · May 35.59 · Jun 42.42 · Jul 44.59 · Aug 40.99 · Sep 38.57 · Oct 35.34 · Nov 26.16 · Dec 21.93 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -21.14 · Feb -22.04 · Mar -16.71 · Apr -7.63 · May 1.71 · Jun 7.69 · Jul 10.66 · Aug 11.44 · Sep 3.96 · Oct -5.05 · Nov -6.86 · Dec -14.43 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.03 · Feb 3.15 · Mar 7.24 · Apr 11.68 · May 17.41 · Jun 22.2 · Jul 25.17 · Aug 25.32 · Sep 20.03 · Oct 13.58 · Nov 8.12 · Dec 2.56 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Haskovo?

The published population was 78,235 people in 2025. Source: NSI Infostat 1062 — population by sex, residence districts and municipalities¹¹

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 424 is not 1.1% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.5%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	739.7 km²	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat GISCO, European Commission⁷Official
Foreign-resident share	1.1 %	31 Dec 2022	Eurostat⁵Official
Foreign residents	424 people	31 Dec 2017	Eurostat — City statistics, urb_cpopcb (indicator DE2012V), Haskovo⁶Official
City area	80 km²	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁸Official
Population density	989 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁸Official
Population	78,235 people	31 Dec 2025	NSI Infostat 1062 — population by sex, residence districts and municipalities¹¹Official

Foreign residents over time10 published observations, 2011–2022

145

366

588

809

76320112015201720192022

Foreign residents rose 299.5% between 2011 and 2022, from 191 to 763.

Alternatives for people set on Haskovo

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Pernik as a Haskovo alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Rent: €1.17/m² Pernik vs €1.83/m² Haskovo−36%
Foreign residents: 0.7% Pernik vs 1.1% Haskovo−36%
Nearest airport: 33.0 km Pernik vs 60.0 km Haskovo−45%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,140 Pernik vs 1,056 Haskovo+8%
Residents: 80,576 Pernik vs 78,235 Haskovo+3%
Unemployment: 9.0% Pernik vs 9.0% Haskovosame level

Full comparison More about Pernik

Alternative cities in Bulgaria

Other cities in Bulgaria to compare with Haskovo, nearest in population first.

All Bulgaria cities

Shumen77,095 residents Veliko Tarnovo77,049 residents Pernik80,576 residents Blagoevgrad70,708 residents Pazardzhik87,766 residents Kardzhali67,238 residents

How does Haskovo compare?

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Haskovo in rankings

#8 of 17 in Cheapest cities to rent in Bulgaria #10 of 16 in Most international cities in Bulgaria #11 of 30 in Largest cities in Bulgaria #15 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Bulgaria

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Haskovo when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 7 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Free Bulgarian-language training for migrant children (school-based intensive language preparation). How to enrol a child (mon.gov.bg).

A country-wide rule for Bulgaria; Haskovo's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Haskovo?

The published population was 78,235 people in 2025. Source: NSI Infostat 1062 — population by sex, residence districts and municipalities.

How much does it cost to rent in Haskovo?

Average net cold rent is 1.83 EUR/m² per month (2020), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 128 EUR a month before utilities. Source: NSI City Statistics — Average annual rent for housing (per m2), Euro/m2.

How safe is Haskovo?

What is the unemployment rate in Haskovo?

The unemployment rate is 9 % (September 2021). Source: NSI Infostat 2016 — activity, employment and unemployment rates by municipality.

How many foreign residents live in Haskovo?

424 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Eurostat — City statistics, urb_cpopcb (indicator DE2012V), Haskovo.

Is Haskovo a good place to live?

Haskovo may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

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A1 Bulgaria fixed internet a1.bg · checked 2026-09-15
Average annual wages and salaries of the employees under labour contract by statistical regions and districts in 2024 (EUR) nsi.bg · checked 2026-09-23
EEA air quality statistics — BG NO2 annual mean 2024 (station AMS Rakovski-Dimitrovgrad) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — BG PM10 annual mean 2024 (station RIEW-Haskovo) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
Eurostat ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-02
Eurostat — City statistics, urb_cpopcb (indicator DE2012V), Haskovo Eurostat · ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
Eurostat GISCO, European Commission gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
migrationfit.com migrationfit.com · checked 2026-06-14
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
NSI City Statistics — Average annual rent for housing (per m2), Euro/m2 NSI City Statistics · nsi.bg · checked 2026-09-18

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NSI Infostat 1062 — population by sex, residence districts and municipalities NSI Infostat 1062 · nsi.bg · checked 2026-07-27
NSI Infostat 2016 — activity, employment and unemployment rates by municipality NSI Infostat 2016 · nsi.bg · checked 2026-07-27
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Report on the activity of the Ministry of Interior in 2025, Figure 2: registered crimes per 100,000 population mvr.bg · checked 2026-09-28
Vivacom mobile data plan vivacom.bg · checked 2026-09-15

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