Cheapest€17.23
- FlixBus FB228211:555h 2m16:57Sofia Central Bus StationWest Bus Station
Door to door 5h 46mCO2 9.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sofia to Burgas bus
Buses from Sofia to Burgas start at €19.43 and take 5h 46m at their fastest.
The Buses from Sofia to Burgas starts at €19.43 and takes 5h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 340 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 46mDoor to door
- 5h 2mMoving
- €19.43From
- 9.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 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 | €17.23 | 5h 13m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Burgas is not something we sell.
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When to book Sofia to Burgas
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.1890 days
- €16.1360 days
- €19.9845 days
- €16.6830 days
- €17.2321 days
- €19.9814 days
- €25.487 days
- €41.433 days
- €32.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €41.43, 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.
- €22.73Sun
- €19.98Mon
- €19.43Tue
- €24.38Wed
- €26.03Thu
- €29.88Fri
- €24.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sofia
Bus
- Sofia Central Bus Station
- спирка Ехо
Burgas
Bus
- West Bus Station
- Терминал Меден рудник
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 340 km against 340 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 Plovdiv, Ruse, Stara Zagora, Varna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sofia at 06:22 and the last at 17:28, across 7 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 4m | 54m | 3h 10m | €43.80 | 86.1 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 5h 46m | 5h 2m | 44m | €19.43 | 9.2 kg | 7 |
Questions about Sofia to Burgas
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Burgas take?
The Coach from Sofia to Burgas takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 5h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 340 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 Burgas cost?
The Coach from Sofia to Burgas starts at €19.43 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €24.93. 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 Burgas?
1 operators run the Coach from Sofia to Burgas: FlixBus. Between them they file around 7 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 Burgas use?
The Coach from Sofia to Burgas leaves from Sofia Central Bus Station and arrives at West Bus Station. 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 Burgas?
Traveling from Sofia to Burgas by Flight costs €43.80 and takes 4h 4m door to door, against 5h 46m 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 Burgas?
Fares for the Coach from Sofia to Burgas bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 157 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Sofia to Burgas produce?
The Coach from Sofia to Burgas produces about 9.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 340 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Sofia to Burgas?
Operators on the Coach from Sofia to Burgas publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 46m 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 modeled 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 Burgas on September 7, 2026: 340 km of route against 340 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.43, and 5h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
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