Cheapest€32.63
- Florentia Bus Sofia OOD FB819406:169h 56m16:12Sofia Central Bus StationBudapest Nepliget Bus Station
Door to door 10h 40mCO2 19.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sofia to Pest bus
Buses from Sofia to Pest start at €41.43 and take 10h 38m at their fastest.
The Buses from Sofia to Pest starts at €41.43 and takes 10h 38m door to door, run by 2 operators over 723 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 10h 38mDoor to door
- 9h 54mMoving
- €41.43From
- 19.5 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.
Fastest€36.48
- FlixBus FB168506:229h 54m16:16Sofia Central Bus StationBudapest Nepliget Bus Station
Door to door 10h 38mCO2 19.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Lowest CO2€40.33
- FlixBus FB755807:304h 59m12:29Sofia Central Bus StationBeograd BAS
- FlixBus FB804813:455h 37m19:22Beograd BASBudapest Nepliget Bus Station
Changes at Belgrade, with 76 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 12h 36mCO2 18.7 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 FlixBus | €35.38 |
| Florentia Bus Sofia OOD | €32.63 |
The trip ends at Budapest-Keleti. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Rooms within reach of Budapest-Keleti
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When to book Sofia to Pest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.7890 days
- €32.0860 days
- €33.7345 days
- €30.4330 days
- €34.2821 days
- €42.5314 days
- €49.687 days
- €79.383 days
- €70.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €30.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €79.38, 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.
- €46.93Sun
- €42.53Mon
- €42.53Tue
- €41.43Wed
- €54.08Thu
- €54.08Fri
- €50.78Sat
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
Pest
Bus
- Budapest Nepliget Bus Station
- Örs vezér tere
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 723 km against 629 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Belgrade, Zemun, Szeged, Timişoara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 76 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 06:16 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Sofia to Pest
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 Pest take?
The Coach from Sofia to Pest takes 10h 38m door to door, of which 9h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 723 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 Pest cost?
The Coach from Sofia to Pest starts at €41.43 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €40.61. 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 Pest?
2 operators run the Coach from Sofia to Pest: FlixBus, Florentia Bus Sofia OOD. Between them they file around 6 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 Pest use?
The Coach from Sofia to Pest leaves from Sofia Central Bus Station and arrives at Budapest Nepliget 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.
When should I book the Coach from Sofia to Pest?
Fares for the Coach from Sofia to Pest bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €30.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 161 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Sofia to Pest produce?
The Coach from Sofia to Pest produces about 19.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 723 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 Pest?
Operators on the Coach from Sofia to Pest publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 38m 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 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 Pest on September 7, 2026: 723 km of route against 629 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €41.43, and 10h 38m 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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What to book in Pest before you go
Day trips that leave Pest in the morning and cover a good part of Hungary by evening.
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