Cheapest€176.55
- Ryanair R378114:553h 37m18:32Birmingham BHXSofia SOF
Door to door 6h 47mCO2 548.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Birmingham to Sofia flight
Flights from Birmingham to Sofia start at €216.67 and take 6h 23m at their fastest.
The Flights from Birmingham to Sofia starts at €216.67 and takes 6h 23m door to door, run by 3 operators over 2,231 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 23mDoor to door
- 3h 13mMoving
- €216.67From
- 548.8 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€253.84
- Wizz Air WA570914:273h 13m17:40Birmingham BHXSofia SOF
Door to door 6h 23mCO2 548.8 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€247.35
- Brussels Airlines BA439407:301h 2m08:32Birmingham BHXBrussels CRL
- Bulgaria Air BA631410:152h 43m12:58Brussels BRUSofia SOF
Changes at Brussels, with 103 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.
Door to door 8h 38mCO2 548.6 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Thomsonfly | €180.09 |
 Ryanair | €176.55 |
 Wizz Air | €194.25 |
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When to book Birmingham to Sofia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €202.5190 days
- €165.3460 days
- €193.0745 days
- €152.3630 days
- €180.0921 days
- €216.6714 days
- €277.447 days
- €427.303 days
- €367.711 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €152.36.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 180 percent. The most expensive point is €427.30, 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.
- €257.97Sun
- €216.67Mon
- €223.16Tue
- €232.60Wed
- €316.38Thu
- €272.72Fri
- €277.44Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Birmingham
Air
- BHX
Sofia
Air
- SOF
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,231 km against 2,166 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 Frankfurt am Main, Köln, Brussels, Munich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Birmingham at 06:25 and the last at 18:40, across 16 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Birmingham to Sofia
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 Flight from Birmingham to Sofia take?
The Flight from Birmingham to Sofia takes 6h 23m door to door, of which 3h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 2,231 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 Flight from Birmingham to Sofia cost?
The Flight from Birmingham to Sofia starts at €216.67 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €225.23. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Birmingham to Sofia?
3 operators run the Flight from Birmingham to Sofia: Thomsonfly, Ryanair, Wizz Air. Between them they file around 16 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 Flight from Birmingham to Sofia use?
The Flight from Birmingham to Sofia leaves from Birmingham BHX and arrives at Sofia SOF. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Flight from Birmingham to Sofia?
Fares for the Flight from Birmingham to Sofia bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €152.36. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 180 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Birmingham to Sofia produce?
The Flight from Birmingham to Sofia produces about 548.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 2231 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
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 Birmingham to Sofia on September 7, 2026: 2231 km of route against 2166 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €216.67, and 6h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Getting from SOF into Sofia?
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