Cheapest€15.58
- FlixBus FB420114:064h 9m18:15Sofia Central Bus StationBucuresti Autogara Filaret
Door to door 4h 53mCO2 8.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sofia to Bucharest bus
Buses from Sofia to Bucharest start at €17.23 and take 4h 40m at their fastest.
The Buses from Sofia to Bucharest starts at €17.23 and takes 4h 40m door to door, run by 1 operator over 296 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 4h 40mDoor to door
- 3h 56mMoving
- €17.23From
- 8.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 22 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 | €15.58 | 4h 39m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Bucharest. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Bucharest
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When to book Sofia to Bucharest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €15.5860 days
- €16.1345 days
- €13.3830 days
- €16.1321 days
- €18.8814 days
- €24.937 days
- €33.183 days
- €30.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 148 percent. The dearest point is €33.18, 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.
- €19.98Sun
- €18.88Mon
- €17.23Tue
- €18.88Wed
- €23.28Thu
- €21.63Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sofia
Coach
- Sofia Central Bus Station
- спирка Ехо
Bucharest
Coach
- Bucuresti Autogara Filaret
- Memento Bus
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
- 93% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 7% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 296 km against 296 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Craiova. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Sofia at 06:22 and the last at 19:52, across 7 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 3h 58m | 48m | 3h 10m | €36.72 | 75.0 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 4h 40m | 3h 56m | 44m | €17.23 | 8.0 kg | 7 |
Questions about Sofia to Bucharest
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 Sofia to Bucharest take?
The Coach from Sofia to Bucharest takes 4h 40m door to door, of which 3h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 296 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 Sofia to Bucharest cost?
The Coach from Sofia to Bucharest starts at €17.23 for one passenger, checked on 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €17.78. 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 Sofia to Bucharest?
1 operators run the Coach from Sofia to Bucharest: FlixBus. Between them they file around 7 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 Sofia to Bucharest use?
The Coach from Sofia to Bucharest leaves from Sofia Central Bus Station and arrives at Bucuresti Autogara Filaret. 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.
Is the Coach the best way from Sofia to Bucharest?
Travelling from Sofia to Bucharest by Flight costs €36.72 and takes 3h 58m door to door, against 4h 40m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Sofia to Bucharest?
Fares for the Coach from Sofia to Bucharest bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 148 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Sofia to Bucharest produce?
The Coach from Sofia to Bucharest produces about 8.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 296 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 Sofia to Bucharest?
Operators on the Coach from Sofia to Bucharest publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 40m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Sofia to Bucharest on 7 September 2026: 296 km of route against 296 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €17.23, and 4h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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