Cheapest€46.38
- FlixBus FB804206:5014h 24m21:14Sofia Central Bus StationPraha Florenc
Door to door 15h 8mCO2 28.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sofia to Prague bus
Buses from Sofia to Prague start at €60.13 and take 15h 8m at their fastest.
The Buses from Sofia to Prague starts at €60.13 and takes 15h 8m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,067 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 15h 8mDoor to door
- 14h 24mMoving
- €60.13From
- 28.8 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 | 14h 34m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Prague. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Sofia to Prague
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €62.3390 days
- €49.1360 days
- €57.3845 days
- €43.0830 days
- €46.3821 days
- €61.2314 days
- €79.937 days
- €127.233 days
- €92.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €43.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 195 percent. The dearest point is €127.23, 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.
- €69.48Sun
- €61.23Mon
- €60.13Tue
- €73.88Wed
- €82.68Thu
- €82.13Fri
- €74.43Sat
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
Prague
Coach
- Praha Florenc
- Nádraží Modřany
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
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,067 km against 1,067 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 Belgrade, Budapest XI. kerület, Bratislava, Vienna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 06:50 and the last at 17:03, across 5 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 59m | 1h 49m | 3h 10m | €112.24 | 270.4 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 15h 8m | 14h 24m | 44m | €60.13 | 28.8 kg | 5 |
Questions about Sofia to Prague
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 Prague take?
The Coach from Sofia to Prague takes 15h 8m door to door, of which 14h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 1,067 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 Prague cost?
The Coach from Sofia to Prague starts at €60.13 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €49.68. 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 Prague?
1 operators run the Coach from Sofia to Prague: FlixBus. Between them they file around 5 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 Prague use?
The Coach from Sofia to Prague leaves from Sofia Central Bus Station and arrives at Praha Florenc. 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 Prague?
Travelling from Sofia to Prague by Flight costs €112.24 and takes 4h 59m door to door, against 15h 8m 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 Prague?
Fares for the Coach from Sofia to Prague bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €43.08. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 195 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Sofia to Prague produce?
The Coach from Sofia to Prague produces about 28.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1067 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 Prague?
Operators on the Coach from Sofia to Prague publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 8m 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 Prague on 7 September 2026: 1067 km of route against 1067 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €60.13, and 15h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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