--- entity_id: city:bg:geonames:730084 entity_type: city name: Kostinbrod country_code: BG country: Bulgaria slug: kostinbrod canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/bg/kostinbrod/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/bg/kostinbrod.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/bg/kostinbrod.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/bg/kostinbrod snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 generated_at: 2026-09-12 last_verified: 2026-08-28 fact_count: 10 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 1 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/bg/kostinbrod/ citation_title: "Kostinbrod, Bulgaria: air quality, climate" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_version: approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-12 citation_build_date: 2026-09-12 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Kostinbrod Kostinbrod is a city in Bulgaria. Kostinbrod numbered 11,677 residents at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. ## Mobility Kostinbrod's nearest airport was SOF, 21 km away and offered 41 direct destinations. ## Climate Monthly mean temperatures were −3.1°C in January and 20.2°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 35 mm in January and 64 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 88 hours in January and 313 hours in July. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 11,677 people | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [1] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 13 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [2] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 15.32 · Feb 18.14 · Mar 24.31 · Apr 25.73 · May 28.13 · Jun 34.56 · Jul 38.43 · Aug 35.82 · Sep 32.98 · Oct 29.54 · Nov 23.85 · Dec 15.45 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -23.63 · Feb -22.66 · Mar -19.91 · Apr -10.15 · May -0.99 · Jun 2.42 · Jul 6.35 · Aug 4.92 · Sep -0.16 · Oct -5.48 · Nov -13.47 · Dec -22.35 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan -3.11 · Feb -1.19 · Mar 3.21 · Apr 8.19 · May 13.44 · Jun 17.54 · Jul 20.24 · Aug 20.44 · Sep 15.43 · Oct 9.61 · Nov 4.25 · Dec -1.34 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 35 · Feb 36 · Mar 45 · Apr 52 · May 73 · Jun 79 · Jul 64 · Aug 55 · Sep 53 · Oct 54 · Nov 38 · Dec 40 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Average sunshine by month | `climate_monthly_sunshine_h` | Jan 88 · Feb 117 · Mar 169 · Apr 196 · May 234 · Jun 267 · Jul 313 · Aug 307 · Sep 226 · Oct 166 · Nov 107 · Dec 69 hours | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Airport Direct Destinations Count | `airport_direct_destinations_count` | 41 count | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [6] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 21 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | SOF | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [7] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Language courses and integration - [Free Bulgarian language courses for people displaced from Ukraine](https://ukraine.gov.bg/bulgarian-language-courses/) — State Language Course · Government of Bulgaria / Bulgaria for Ukraine · Bulgarian · checked 2026-08-10 These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city. ## Public employment service - [Employment Agency](https://www.az.government.bg/) — Job Search This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Kostinbrod when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.nhif.bg/bg/regulatory/laws) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Bulgaria country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/bulgaria/). ## Relationship to a nearby hub ### Is Kostinbrod part of Sofia? Kostinbrod belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Sofia; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 15.7 km away by straight-line distance. - Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q472.json ## Sources 1. National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria — Official source — https://site-test.nsi.bg/en/statistical-data/206/648 2. European Environment Agency — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query 3. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center — Official source — https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/climatology/point?parameters=T2M%2CT2M_MAX%2CT2M_MIN&community=SB&longitude=23.216670&latitude=42.816670&format=JSON 4. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_PRCP.csv 5. World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_TSUN.csv 6. OpenFlights — Official source — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpatokal/openflights/master/data/routes.dat 7. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 12). Kostinbrod, Bulgaria: air quality, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/bg/kostinbrod/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_kostinbrod-bulgaria-air-quality-climate_0c773c5627cd, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Kostinbrod, Bulgaria: air quality, climate}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-12}, version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/bg/kostinbrod/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Kostinbrod, Bulgaria: air quality, climate](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/bg/kostinbrod/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; retrieved 2026-09-12; built 2026-09-12. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/bg/kostinbrod/ - Title: Kostinbrod, Bulgaria: air quality, climate - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Version: `approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0` - Retrieved: 2026-09-12 - Built: 2026-09-12 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/bg/kostinbrod/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/bg/kostinbrod.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/bg/kostinbrod.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/bg/kostinbrod - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json