City profile · Bulgaria · Europe
Varna
Varna · Bulgaria
City population
318,737
#3
in Bulgaria
#1,792
worldwide
43.219, 27.910 · 378 km from Sofia
About Varna
Varna is a city in Varna, Bulgaria with a population of 318,737. It is the 3rd largest of the 55 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Bulgaria, and the 1,792nd largest worldwide. It lies 378 km from Sofia.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Varna
Elevation
83 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Sofia
Coordinates
43.219, 27.910
Record updated
2026-04-13
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 55 in BulgariaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.