Bulgaria
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Capital
- Sofia
- Continent
- Europe
- Population
- 7M
- Area
- 111,000 km²
- Currency
- Lev (BGN)
- TLD
- .bg
All of Bulgaria uses the same time zone, namely Europe/Sofia. The UTC time zone offset is --, also called --. Bulgaria does observe daylight saving time.
Bulgaria (Off. Republic of Bulgaria) has a population of 7 million people with Sofia as the capital city. The official currency is Lev (BGN). Bulgaria is locaded in Eastern Europe, has an area of 111,000 km² and is bordering Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.
The next holiday in Bulgaria is Unification Day on September 6, 2024
Daylight saving time
- Oct 29, 202304:00->03:00Sunday, October 29, 2023, the clock was set backwards by 1 hour, from 04:00 AM GMT+3 to 03:00 AM GMT+2. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier than the previous day.
- Mar 31, 202403:00->04:00Sunday, March 31, 2024, the clock was set forwards by 1 hour, from 03:00 AM GMT+2 to 04:00 AM GMT+3. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later than the previous day.
- Oct 27, 202404:00->03:00Sunday, October 27, 2024, the clock will be set backwards by 1 hour, from 04:00 AM GMT+3 to 03:00 AM GMT+2. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier than the previous day.
- Mar 30, 202503:00->04:00Sunday, March 30, 2025, the clock will be set forwards by 1 hour, from 03:00 AM GMT+2 to 04:00 AM GMT+3. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour later than the previous day.
2024 Holidays in Bulgaria
- Jan 1
- New Year's Day
- Mar 3
- Liberation Day
- May 1
- Labour Day
- May 3
- Good Friday
- May 5
- Easter Sunday
- May 6
- St. George's Day
- May 6
- Easter Monday
- May 24
- Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day
- Sep 6
- Unification Day
- Sep 22
- Independence Day
- Nov 1
- Revival Leaders' Day
- Dec 24
- Christmas Eve
- Dec 25
- Christmas Day
Largest cities in Bulgaria
- Sofia 1.2M
- Plovdiv 347K
- Varna 313K
- Burgas 196K
- Stara Zagora 143K
- Ruse 143K
- Pleven 101K
- Sliven 84K
- Pernik 82K
- Dobrich 79K
- Shumen 72K
- Blagoevgrad 68K
- Haskovo 67K
- Veliko Tŭrnovo 66K
- Gabrovo 66K
- Pazardzhik 66K
- Vratsa 65K
- Yambol 64K
- Asenovgrad 55K
- Kardzhali 51K
- Kazanlak 48K
- Montana 47K
- Vidin 40K
- Razgrad 38K
- Dimitrovgrad 38K
- Kyustendil 38K
- Targovishte 35K
- Dupnitsa 35K
- Gorna Oryahovitsa 33K
- Petrich 31K
- Karlovo 30K
- Svishtov 30K
- Lovech 30K
- Silistra 29K
- Sandanski 29K
- Asparuhovo 27K
- Samokov 27K
- Lom 27K
- Smolyan 26K
- Sevlievo 25K
- Velingrad 24K
- Nova Zagora 24K
- Troyan 21K
- Aytos 21K
- Botevgrad 21K
- Gotse Delchev 21K
- Karnobat 20K
- Panagyurishte 19K
- Svilengrad 19K
- Harmanli 19K
- Peshtera 19K
- Parvomay 17K
- Popovo 17K
- Rakovski 16K
- Chirpan 15K
- Berkovitsa 15K