Cheapest€46.38
- FlixBus FB992206:5012h 45m19:35Ankara ASTISofia Central Bus Station
Door to door 13h 29mCO2 26.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ankara to Sofia bus
Buses from Ankara to Sofia start at €55.73 and take 13h 29m at their fastest.
The Buses from Ankara to Sofia starts at €55.73 and takes 13h 29m door to door, run by 1 operator over 981 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 13h 29mDoor to door
- 12h 45mMoving
- €55.73From
- 26.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €46.38 | 13h 29m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Sofia is not something we sell.
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When to book Ankara to Sofia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €52.4390 days
- €43.0860 days
- €44.7345 days
- €39.7830 days
- €46.3821 days
- €60.1314 days
- €76.087 days
- €145.383 days
- €117.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €39.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 265 percent. The dearest point is €145.38, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €68.93Sun
- €60.13Mon
- €65.08Tue
- €56.28Wed
- €94.23Thu
- €84.33Fri
- €70.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ankara
Coach
- Ankara ASTI
- Ankara Intercity Bus Station
Sofia
Coach
- Sofia Central Bus Station
- спирка Ехо
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 981 km against 853 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bucharest, Bursa, Istanbul, İzmir. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Ankara at 06:50 and the last at 06:50, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Ankara to Sofia
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Ankara to Sofia take?
The Coach from Ankara to Sofia takes 13h 29m door to door, of which 12h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 981 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Ankara to Sofia cost?
The Coach from Ankara to Sofia starts at €55.73 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €46.38. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Ankara to Sofia?
1 operators run the Coach from Ankara to Sofia: FlixBus. Between them they file around 1 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Ankara to Sofia use?
The Coach from Ankara to Sofia leaves from Ankara ASTI and arrives at Sofia Central Bus Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
When should I book the Coach from Ankara to Sofia?
Fares for the Coach from Ankara to Sofia bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €39.78. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 265 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ankara to Sofia produce?
The Coach from Ankara to Sofia produces about 26.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 981 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Ankara to Sofia?
Operators on the Coach from Ankara to Sofia publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 29m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ankara to Sofia on 7 September 2026: 981 km of route against 853 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €55.73, and 13h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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