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Krakow to Sofia

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Krakow to Sofia. From $78.25, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between $78.25 and $85.40, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 885 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 27, 2026

$78.25 to $85.40

  • 139%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about $152.43Wed7
  2. about $171.31Thu8
  3. about $152.64Fri9
  4. about $170.66Sat10
  5. about $140.72Sun11
  6. about $119.24Mon12
  7. about $101.67Tue13
  8. about $95.17Wed14
  9. about $122.50Thu15
  10. about $108.18Fri16
  11. about $111.44Sat17
  12. about $112.74Sun18
  13. about $88.00Mon19
  14. about $81.50Tue20
  15. about $82.80Wed21
  16. about $91.26Thu22
  17. about $110.13Fri23
  18. about $101.02Sat24
  19. about $90.61Sun25
  20. about $88.00Mon26
  21. about $78.25Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Sofia. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Sofia for the night the flight gets in

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 Krakow to Sofia

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

  1. $63.9390 days
  2. $104.2760 days
  3. $76.2945 days
  4. $77.5930 days
  5. $78.2521 days
  6. $81.5014 days
  7. $101.677 days
  8. $152.643 days
  9. $152.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $63.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 139 percent. The most expensive point is $152.64, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$152.64$63.93137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Krakow to Sofia and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

885 km

859 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

816,614 → 1,152,556

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 885 km against 859 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 Belgrade, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 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.

Sofia is large, and the road in from SOF can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Sofia

Settled in advance, so the ride into Sofia costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Sofia Central

Most of the points near Sofia Central open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Krakow 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 it take to get from Krakow to Sofia?

Krakow to Sofia covers 885 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Krakow to Sofia?

The cheapest fare from Krakow to Sofia is $78.25, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $124.45. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Krakow to Sofia?

The cheapest way from Krakow to Sofia is by flight, at $78.25 for one passenger on October 27, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Krakow to Sofia?

Fares from Krakow to Sofia bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $63.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 139 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Krakow to Sofia?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Krakow to Sofia, at $81.50. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Krakow to Sofia?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Krakow to Sofia, at $65.23 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Krakow to Sofia?

Ryanair, Wizz Air publish service areas covering both Krakow and Sofia, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Krakow to Sofia?

50 percent of the services we sell from Krakow to Sofia are direct. The rest connect at Belgrade, Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, with about 51 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Krakow to Sofia use?

Services from Krakow to Sofia by flight leave from Kraków John Paul II International Airport KRK and arrive at Sofia Airport SOF. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Krakow to Sofia?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Krakow to Sofia allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Sofia is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Sofia and across Bulgaria

Day trips that leave Sofia in the morning and cover a good part of Bulgaria by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Krakow reaches 80 places in 30 countries on services we hold, over distances from 52 to 9,534 km. Sofia reaches 85 places in 37 countries, from 60 to 9,522 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Krakow

  • 80Places you can leave for
  • 30Countries
  • 47Operators

Arriving in Sofia

Leaving Sofia

  • 85Places you can leave for
  • 37Countries
  • 37Operators

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