Lisbon to Sofia runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 17:34. One passenger pays between €207.23 and €211.95, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 8m over 2,838 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
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 13, 2026
€207.23 to €211.95
- 152%Moves across the booking window
152%When it runs, leaving Lisbon
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:19First departure
- 17:34Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
06:19
17:34
10
60%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €500.46Wed23
- about €545.89Thu24
- about €522.88Fri25
- about €424.94Sat26
- about €387.77Sun27
- about €351.19Mon28
- about €351.78Tue29
- about €292.19Wed30
- about €370.66Thu1
- about €303.40Fri2
- about €333.49Sat3
- about €299.86Sun4
- about €252.66Mon5
- about €257.38Tue6
- about €224.34Wed7
- about €279.21Thu8
- about €265.64Fri9
- about €273.90Sat10
- about €251.48Sun11
- about €234.96Mon12
- about €207.23Tue13
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 room in Sofia for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Lisbon to Sofia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €223.1690 days
- €261.5160 days
- €220.8045 days
- €260.3330 days
- €207.2321 days
- €257.3814 days
- €351.787 days
- €522.883 days
- €500.461 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €207.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €522.88, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Lisbon to Sofia and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
2,838 km
2,755 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
517,802 → 1,152,556
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,838 km against 2,755 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 Barcelona, Valencia, Rome, Madrid. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 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.
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 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.
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 Lisbon 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 Lisbon to Sofia?
The fastest journey from Lisbon to Sofia takes 7h 8m door to door, of which 3h 58m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 25m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Lisbon to Sofia?
The cheapest fare from Lisbon to Sofia is €207.23, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €369.78. 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 Lisbon to Sofia?
The cheapest way from Lisbon to Sofia is by flight, at €207.23 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 7h 8m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Lisbon to Sofia?
Fares from Lisbon to Sofia bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €207.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 152 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Lisbon to Sofia?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Lisbon to Sofia, at €252.66. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Lisbon to Sofia?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Lisbon to Sofia, at €175.37 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 Lisbon to Sofia?
2 operators sell services from Lisbon to Sofia across 1 mode: Bulgaria Air, Wizz Air. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Lisbon to Sofia?
60 percent of the services we sell from Lisbon to Sofia are direct. The rest connect at Barcelona, Valencia, Rome, Madrid, with about 50 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 Lisbon to Sofia use?
Services from Lisbon to Sofia by flight leave from Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport LIS 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 Lisbon to Sofia?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Lisbon to Sofia allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. 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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Lisbon to Sofia on September 22, 2026: 2838 km of route against 2755 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €207.23, and 7h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Sofia is somebody else's catalog.
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
Lisbon reaches 236 places in 66 countries on services we hold, over distances from 7 to 12,616 km. Sofia reaches 153 places in 44 countries, from 60 to 9,522 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Lisbon
- 236Places you can leave for
- 66Countries
- 70Operators
66
70Arriving in Sofia
Leaving Sofia
- 153Places you can leave for
- 44Countries
- 41Operators