Cheapest€28.23
- Florentia Bus Sofia OOD FB198006:168h 54m15:10Sofia Central Bus StationBudapest Nepliget
Door to door 9h 38mCO2 17.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sofia to Budapest bus
Buses from Sofia to Budapest start at €33.18 and take 9h 12m at their fastest.
The Buses from Sofia to Budapest starts at €33.18 and takes 9h 12m door to door, run by 2 operators over 631 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 9h 12mDoor to door
- 8h 28mMoving
- €33.18From
- 17.0 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 |
|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €28.78 | 8h 57m |
| Florentia Bus Sofia OOD | €28.23 | 8h 58m |
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When to book Sofia to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.6390 days
- €28.2360 days
- €30.4345 days
- €26.5830 days
- €29.8821 days
- €35.3814 days
- €47.487 days
- €70.033 days
- €60.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 163 percent. The dearest point is €70.03, 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.
- €38.68Sun
- €35.38Mon
- €33.18Tue
- €35.38Wed
- €45.28Thu
- €41.43Fri
- €41.43Sat
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
Budapest
Coach
- Budapest Nepliget
- Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 631 km against 631 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sofia at 06:16 and the last at 19:52, across 12 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 | 4h 24m | 1h 14m | 3h 10m | €71.53 | 159.9 kg | 12 |
| Coach | 9h 12m | 8h 28m | 44m | €33.18 | 17.0 kg | 12 |
Questions about Sofia to Budapest
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 Budapest take?
The Coach from Sofia to Budapest takes 9h 12m door to door, of which 8h 28m is spent moving. The route runs 631 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 Budapest cost?
The Coach from Sofia to Budapest starts at €33.18 for one passenger, checked on 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €35.11. 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 Budapest?
2 operators run the Coach from Sofia to Budapest: FlixBus, Florentia Bus Sofia OOD. Between them they file around 12 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 Budapest use?
The Coach from Sofia to Budapest leaves from Sofia Central Bus Station and arrives at Budapest Nepliget. 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 Budapest?
Travelling from Sofia to Budapest by Flight costs €71.53 and takes 4h 24m door to door, against 9h 12m 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 Budapest?
Fares for the Coach from Sofia to Budapest bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 163 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Sofia to Budapest produce?
The Coach from Sofia to Budapest produces about 17.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 631 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 Budapest?
Operators on the Coach from Sofia to Budapest publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 12m 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 Budapest on 7 September 2026: 631 km of route against 631 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €33.18, and 9h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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