Wawel in Kraków, Poland

Sofia to Krakow

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Sofia to Krakow. From £51.05, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between £60.78 and £66.34, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 885 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 27 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 27 October 2026

£60.78 to £66.34

  • 132%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £118.40Wed7
  2. about £138.22Thu8
  3. about £111.83Fri9
  4. about £91.56Sat10
  5. about £103.82Sun11
  6. about £81.20Mon12
  7. about £68.48Tue13
  8. about £79.31Wed14
  9. about £83.09Thu15
  10. about £81.67Fri16
  11. about £83.09Sat17
  12. about £87.33Sun18
  13. about £73.41Mon19
  14. about £62.82Tue20
  15. about £64.32Wed21
  16. about £69.42Thu22
  17. about £77.43Fri23
  18. about £65.65Sat24
  19. about £59.52Sun25
  20. about £53.87Mon26
  21. about £51.05Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Krakow. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Krakow for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Krakow Glowny and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sofia to Krakow

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £51.9890 days
  2. £61.4160 days
  3. £63.7745 days
  4. £54.8130 days
  5. £51.0521 days
  6. £62.8214 days
  7. £68.487 days
  8. £111.833 days
  9. £118.401 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at £51.05.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 132 percent. The dearest point is £118.40, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£118.40£51.05137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sofia to Krakow and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

885 km

859 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

1,152,556 → 816,614

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 885 km against 859 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Belgrade, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 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.

The fare from KRK into Krakow is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Krakow

Settled in advance, so the ride into Krakow costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Krakow Glowny

Most of the points near Krakow Glowny open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Sofia to Krakow

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 Krakow?

Sofia to Krakow covers 885 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Sofia to Krakow?

The cheapest fare from Sofia to Krakow is £51.05, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £96.66. 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 Krakow?

The cheapest way from Sofia to Krakow is by flight, at £60.78 for one passenger on 27 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Sofia to Krakow?

Fares from Sofia to Krakow bottom out around 21 days before departure, at £51.05. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 132 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Sofia to Krakow?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sofia to Krakow, at £62.82. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 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 Krakow?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sofia to Krakow, at £43.03 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 Krakow?

Ryanair, Wizz Air publish service areas covering both Sofia and Krakow, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Sofia to Krakow?

50 percent of the services we sell from Sofia to Krakow are direct. The rest connect at Belgrade, Budapest, Bratislava, Vienna, with about 73 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Sofia to Krakow use?

Services from Sofia to Krakow by flight leave from Sofia Airport SOF and arrive at Kraków John Paul II International Airport KRK. 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 Krakow?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Sofia to Krakow allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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.

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

Being on the water gives Krakow a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Krakow and across Poland

Day trips that leave Krakow in the morning and cover a good part of Poland by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Sofia reaches 85 places in 37 countries on services we hold, over distances from 60 to 9,522 km. Krakow reaches 80 places in 30 countries, from 52 to 9,534 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Sofia

  • 85Places you can leave for
  • 37Countries
  • 37Operators

Arriving in Krakow

Leaving Krakow

  • 80Places you can leave for
  • 30Countries
  • 47Operators

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