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Milan to Sofia flight

Flights from Milan to Sofia start at €112.83 and take 5h 6m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Milan to Sofia starts at €112.83 and takes 5h 6m door to door, run by 3 operators over 1,204 km, with around 20 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked September 7, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 6mDoor to door
  • 1h 56mMoving
  • €112.83From
  • 296.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€97.49
  1. Ryanair R163507:301h 24m08:54Milan MXPSarajevo SJJ
  2. FlixBus FB705010:266h 36m17:02Sarajevo Autobuska stanicaSofia Central Bus Station

Changes at Sarajevo, with 92 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 11h 29mCO2 202.3 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€100.44
  1. Bulgaria Air BA384614:281h 56m16:24Milan MXPSofia SOF

Door to door 5h 6mCO2 296.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Bulgaria Air€100.445h 5m
Ryanair€99.265h 5m
Wizz Air€102.215h 6m
  • Bulgaria Air
  • Ryanair
  • Wizz Air

Sofia is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Sofia Central

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

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Booking window

When to book Milan to Sofia

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

  1. €119.5390 days
  2. €90.4160 days
  3. €102.8045 days
  4. €80.3830 days
  5. €97.4921 days
  6. €112.8314 days
  7. €141.747 days
  8. €223.483 days
  9. €188.351 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €80.38.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 178 percent. The most expensive point is €223.48, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €139.38Sun
  2. €112.83Mon
  3. €113.42Tue
  4. €134.07Wed
  5. €145.93Thu
  6. €144.10Fri
  7. €150.00Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Milan

Air
  • MXP
  • BGY
  • LIN

Sofia

Air
  • SOF
The journey

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
82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,204 km against 1,168 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 Zadar, Treviso, Sarajevo, Mestre. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Milan at 06:26 and the last at 20:02, across 20 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Milan 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 Milan to Sofia take?

The Flight from Milan to Sofia takes 5h 6m door to door, of which 1h 56m is spent moving. The route runs 1,204 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 Milan to Sofia cost?

The Flight from Milan to Sofia starts at €112.83 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €114.01. 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 Milan to Sofia?

3 operators run the Flight from Milan to Sofia: Bulgaria Air, Ryanair, Wizz Air. Between them they file around 20 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 Milan to Sofia use?

The Flight from Milan to Sofia leaves from Milan MXP 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 Milan to Sofia?

Fares for the Flight from Milan to Sofia bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €80.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 178 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Milan to Sofia produce?

The Flight from Milan to Sofia produces about 296.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1204 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 Milan to Sofia on September 7, 2026: 1204 km of route against 1168 km in a straight line, 20 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €112.83, and 5h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

SOF is not in Sofia, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from SOF into Sofia?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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