Sofia to Baku runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €157.48 and €188.35, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 27m over 2,467 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026
€157.48 to €188.35
- 138%Moves across the booking window
138%When it runs, leaving Sofia
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €385.73Wed23
- about €414.33Thu24
- about €368.68Fri25
- about €314.78Sat26
- about €306.53Sun27
- about €249.88Mon28
- about €253.73Tue29
- about €251.53Wed30
- about €300.48Thu1
- about €261.98Fri2
- about €215.78Sat3
- about €203.13Sun4
- about €222.38Mon5
- about €209.73Tue6
- about €157.48Wed7
- about €254.28Thu8
- about €212.48Fri9
- about €203.13Sat10
- about €191.03Sun11
- about €166.28Mon12
- about €184.98Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Baku. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Baku for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Sofia to Baku
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €171.7890 days
- €185.5360 days
- €161.8845 days
- €200.9330 days
- €184.9821 days
- €209.7314 days
- €253.737 days
- €368.683 days
- €385.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €161.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 138 percent. The dearest point is €385.73, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sofia to Baku and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
2,467 km
2,217 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
1,152,556 → 2,351,300
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,467 km against 2,217 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ankara, Istanbul, İzmir. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Baku railway station
Most of the points near Baku railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Sofia to Baku
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 it take to get from Sofia to Baku?
The fastest journey from Sofia to Baku takes 8h 27m door to door, of which 3h 54m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 14h 14m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Sofia to Baku?
The cheapest fare from Sofia to Baku is €157.48, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €265.83. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Sofia to Baku?
The cheapest way from Sofia to Baku is by coach, at €157.48 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 15h 28m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Sofia to Baku?
The fastest way from Sofia to Baku is by flight, at 8h 35m door to door. Only 3h 54m of that is spent moving; the remaining 4h 41m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €188.35.
When should I book Sofia to Baku?
Fares from Sofia to Baku bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €161.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 138 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sofia to Baku?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Sofia to Baku, at €203.13. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sofia to Baku?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sofia to Baku, at €121.73 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Sofia to Baku?
3 operators sell services from Sofia to Baku across 2 modes: Azerbaijan Airlines, FlixBus, Pegasus Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Sofia to Baku?
0 percent of the services we sell from Sofia to Baku are direct. The rest connect at Ankara, Istanbul, İzmir, with about 71 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Sofia to Baku produce?
Travelling from Sofia to Baku by coach produces about 393.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 487.6 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Sofia to Baku use?
Services from Sofia to Baku by flight leave from Sofia Airport SOF and arrive at Heydar Aliyev International Airport GYD. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Sofia to Baku?
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Sofia to Baku allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sofia to Baku on 22 September 2026: 2467 km of route against 2217 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €157.48, and 8h 27m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Baku a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Baku and across Azerbaijan
Day trips that leave Baku in the morning and cover a good part of Azerbaijan by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sofia reaches 153 places in 44 countries on services we hold, over distances from 60 to 9,522 km. Baku reaches 79 places in 40 countries, from 95 to 10,515 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sofia
- 153Places you can leave for
- 44Countries
- 41Operators
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41Arriving in Baku
Leaving Baku
- 79Places you can leave for
- 40Countries
- 35Operators