Schengen calculator for Bulgaria
Planning a trip to Bulgaria? The first thing to know is whether your days there count toward the Schengen 90/180-day limit - and for Bulgaria the answer is not the obvious one.
Yes - they count
Yes - days in Bulgaria now count toward your Schengen 90/180 total. Bulgaria became a full Schengen member on 1 January 2025, so add your Bulgarian trips to this calculator with the rest.
- In Schengen?
- Yes
- Count toward 90/180?
- Yes
- Joined Schengen
- 1 January 2025
Your trips
Add every Schengen trip in the last 180 days. Leave the exit empty and tick “still there” for an ongoing stay. Entry and exit days both count.
Status on 18 Jun 2026
You're well within the limitCompliant: you have used 0 of 90 days in the 180-day window ending 18 Jun 2026.
Rolling window: 21 Dec 2025 → 18 Jun 2026. Both your entry and exit days count as full days.
Plan a future trip
Pick a planned entry date to see the latest date you could legally stay until, given your trips above.
Rolling 180-day window
Each square is one day of the 180-day window ending 18 Jun 2026.
Private by design:your trips are stored only in this page's link - never sent to a server, no account needed.
Do days in Bulgaria count toward your 90 days?
Bulgaria is one of the newest Schengen members: its land borders opened on 1 January 2025, after air and sea checks had already been lifted on 31 March 2024. From the 2025 date it is fully inside the borderless area, so days spent in Bulgaria draw down the same 90-in-180 allowance as France, Germany or Greece.
This is a recent change, and it trips people up. Older guides - and some calculators that have not been updated - still treat Bulgaria as a separate, non-Schengen country whose days do not count. That advice is now out of date: since January 2025 you must include Bulgarian days in your Schengen total.
Add your Bulgaria trips to the calculator exactly like any other Schengen stay. A week in Sofia and a week in Spain is two weeks against your 90 days - they share one pool, not two.
How to use this calculator for a Bulgaria trip
Add your Bulgaria dates alongside your other Schengen trips - since January 2025 they share the same 90-day pool. If a guide tells you Bulgarian days don't count, it predates full membership.
Want the full picture? Read how the 90/180-day rule works, find your re-entry date with the when-can-I-return calculator, check whether Bulgaria is in Schengen, or see the full list of Schengen countries.
Calculator for another country
Where your days count is not always obvious - check the other cases.
Frequently asked questions
Do days in Bulgaria count toward the Schengen 90/180 limit?
Yes, since 1 January 2025. Bulgaria became a full Schengen member on that date, so days there now draw down the same 90-in-180 allowance as the rest of the area.
Did days in Bulgaria always count toward Schengen?
No. Before full membership Bulgaria ran its own separate short-stay rule. Only from 1 January 2025, when its land borders opened, do Bulgarian days count toward the shared Schengen total.
Is Bulgaria in the Schengen area now?
Yes. Bulgaria is a full Schengen member - its air and sea borders opened in March 2024 and its land borders on 1 January 2025.
Will I need ETIAS to visit Bulgaria?
Yes. As a Schengen member Bulgaria is covered by ETIAS, so visa-exempt travellers will need an authorisation once the system launches.
Sources
- European Commission - Official Schengen short-stay calculator - verified 11 Jun 2026
- European Commission - The Schengen area - verified 11 Jun 2026