Internet speed in Bulgaria
Median speeds from Ookla's Speedtest Global Index, June 2026 — what a rental's line and your phone actually get, not what the listing says.
Home broadband101 Mbpsmedian download in Sofia0world median 130300+Good — Comfortable for two people working, streaming in the evening, large downloads77 Mbps upload · 4 ms latency
Mobile data313 Mbpsmedian download in Sofia0world median 109300+37 Mbps upload · 14 ms latency
By city
under 30 basic · fair · 100+ good · 150+ fast — the tick is the world median.
| Place | Home broadband | Mobile data | Work from it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofiameasured in Sofia | 101 Mbps | 313 Mbps | Not at the median |
| Bulgaria as a wholeOokla publishes no separate figure for Plovdiv, Bansko, Veliko Tarnovo, Varna; the national median stands for them. | 94 Mbps | 203 Mbps | Not at the median |
A median is the middle of every test run in the place that quarter: half the lines are faster, half slower. Cities usually beat the national number; islands and hill towns usually do not. "Work from it" is this site's own line — 150 Mbps down, 50 up, under 30 ms — for a household on calls all day; one person needs far less.
The guides in Bulgaria
SofiaBulgariaA capital with a mountain at the end of the tram line, Roman ruins under the metro, and the cheapest good coffee in the EU
PlovdivBulgariaOne of the oldest cities in Europe, a Roman theatre still in use, seven hills, and a bohemian quarter called the Trap
BanskoBulgariaThe cheapest serious skiing in Europe, a stone-house old town under the Pirin, and a summer of hiking to glacial lakes
Veliko TarnovoBulgariaThe medieval capital stacked above a river gorge, a fortress lit up at night, and a craft street still working
VarnaBulgariaThe Black Sea capital: a Roman bath the size of a block, a sea garden that runs for miles, and the oldest worked gold on earth