Cheapest€10.07
- FlixBus FB706114:082h 6m16:14Sofia Central Bus StationPlovdiv Yug
Door to door 2h 50mCO2 4.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sofia to Plovdiv bus
Buses from Sofia to Plovdiv start at €10.63 and take 2h 50m at their fastest.
The Buses from Sofia to Plovdiv starts at €10.63 and takes 2h 50m door to door, run by 3 operators over 151 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 50mDoor to door
- 2h 6mMoving
- €10.63From
- 4.1 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 |
|---|---|
 FlixBus | €10.07 |
| Florentia Bus Sofia OOD | €10.08 |
| JSP Skopje | €10.63 |
The journey ends at Plovdiv. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Rooms within reach of Plovdiv
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Sofia to Plovdiv
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.6390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.6314 days
- €14.487 days
- €21.633 days
- €16.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 115 percent. The dearest point is €21.63, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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.
- €13.38Sun
- €10.63Mon
- €10.63Tue
- €11.18Wed
- €13.38Thu
- €12.83Fri
- €12.83Sat
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
Plovdiv
Coach
- Plovdiv Yug
- Автогара Юг
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 151 km against 132 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Stara Zagora, Niš, Craiova, Ruse. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sofia at 06:29 and the last at 14:42, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Sofia to Plovdiv
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 Plovdiv take?
The Coach from Sofia to Plovdiv takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 151 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 Plovdiv cost?
The Coach from Sofia to Plovdiv starts at €10.63 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.28. 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 Plovdiv?
3 operators run the Coach from Sofia to Plovdiv: FlixBus, Florentia Bus Sofia OOD, JSP Skopje. Between them they file around 10 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 Plovdiv use?
The Coach from Sofia to Plovdiv leaves from Sofia Central Bus Station and arrives at Plovdiv Yug. 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 Sofia to Plovdiv?
Fares for the Coach from Sofia to Plovdiv bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 115 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Sofia to Plovdiv produce?
The Coach from Sofia to Plovdiv produces about 4.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 151 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 Plovdiv?
Operators on the Coach from Sofia to Plovdiv publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 50m 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 Sofia to Plovdiv on 7 September 2026: 151 km of route against 132 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.63, and 2h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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What to book in Plovdiv before you go
The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.
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