Fastest€99.26
- Ryanair R481014:391h 27m16:06Bratislava BTSSofia SOF
Door to door 4h 37mCO2 196.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Bratislava to Sofia flight
Flights from Bratislava to Sofia start at €83.92 and take 4h 37m at their fastest.
The Flights from Bratislava to Sofia starts at €83.92 and takes 4h 37m door to door, run by 1 operator over 799 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 37mDoor to door
- 1h 27mMoving
- €83.92From
- 196.6 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.
Airlines
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ryanair | €78.02 | 4h 35m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
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Rooms within reach of Sofia Central
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When to book Bratislava to Sofia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.9390 days
- €33.1860 days
- €40.8845 days
- €33.1830 days
- €34.8321 days
- €41.4314 days
- €53.537 days
- €90.383 days
- €68.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 172 percent. The most expensive point is €90.38, 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.
- €48.03Sun
- €41.43Mon
- €40.33Tue
- €51.33Wed
- €54.63Thu
- €61.23Fri
- €50.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bratislava
Air
- BTS
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 799 km against 776 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Belgrade, Niš, Novi Sad, Szeged. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Bratislava at 06:26 and the last at 14:39, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights 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 37m | 1h 27m | 3h 10m | €83.92 | 196.6 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 11h 7m | 10h 23m | 44m | €40.33 | 21.0 kg | 6 |
Questions about Bratislava 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 Bratislava to Sofia take?
The Flight from Bratislava to Sofia takes 4h 37m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 799 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 Bratislava to Sofia cost?
The Flight from Bratislava to Sofia starts at €83.92 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €90.71. 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 Bratislava to Sofia?
1 operators run the Flight from Bratislava to Sofia: Ryanair. Between them they file around 2 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 Bratislava to Sofia use?
The Flight from Bratislava to Sofia leaves from Bratislava BTS 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.
Is the Flight the best way from Bratislava to Sofia?
Traveling from Bratislava to Sofia by Coach costs €40.33 and takes 11h 7m door to door, against 4h 37m by Flight. 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 Flight from Bratislava to Sofia?
Fares for the Flight from Bratislava to Sofia bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Bratislava to Sofia produce?
The Flight from Bratislava to Sofia produces about 196.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 799 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 Bratislava to Sofia on September 7, 2026: 799 km of route against 776 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €83.92, and 4h 37m 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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