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St Petersburg to Burgas

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from St Petersburg to Burgas. From €152.95, fastest 6h 6m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

St Petersburg to Burgas runs about 17 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 18:50. One passenger pays between €152.95 and €168.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 6m over 2,006 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€152.95 to €168.29

  • 171%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving St Petersburg

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:05First departure
  • 18:50Last departure
  • 17Services per day
  • 94%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €350.01Mon21
  2. about €291.01Tue22
  3. about €308.12Wed23
  4. about €316.38Thu24
  5. about €304.58Fri25
  6. about €312.25Sat26
  7. about €276.85Sun27
  8. about €197.79Mon28
  9. about €191.89Tue29
  10. about €216.67Wed30
  11. about €239.68Thu1
  12. about €216.67Fri2
  13. about €223.75Sat3
  14. about €208.41Sun4
  15. about €154.72Mon5
  16. about €152.95Tue6
  17. about €161.21Wed7
  18. about €209.00Thu8
  19. about €195.43Fri9
  20. about €189.53Sat10
  21. about €174.19Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Burgas for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Burgas Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book St Petersburg to Burgas

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

  1. €201.3390 days
  2. €160.6260 days
  3. €134.0745 days
  4. €129.3530 days
  5. €174.1921 days
  6. €208.4114 days
  7. €276.857 days
  8. €308.123 days
  9. €350.011 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €129.35.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €350.01, 1 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.
€350.01€129.35137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to St Petersburg to Burgas and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

2,006 km

1,948 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

5,351,935210,646

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
80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,006 km against 1,948 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 Minsk, Vilnius, Kaunas, Varna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

The fare from BOJ into Burgas is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Burgas

Settled in advance, so the ride into Burgas 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 Burgas Railway Station

Most of the points near Burgas Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about St Petersburg to Burgas

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 St Petersburg to Burgas?

The fastest journey from St Petersburg to Burgas takes 6h 6m door to door, of which 2h 56m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 18m, 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 St Petersburg to Burgas?

The cheapest fare from St Petersburg to Burgas is €152.95, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €262.99. 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 St Petersburg to Burgas?

The cheapest way from St Petersburg to Burgas is by flight, at €152.95 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 6h 6m 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 St Petersburg to Burgas?

Fares from St Petersburg to Burgas bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €129.35. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 171 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for St Petersburg to Burgas?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from St Petersburg to Burgas, at €191.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for St Petersburg to Burgas?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from St Petersburg to Burgas, at €126.99 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 St Petersburg to Burgas?

Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Bulgaria Air, Rossiya-Russian Airlines, Ural Airlines publish service areas covering both St Petersburg and Burgas, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from St Petersburg to Burgas?

80 percent of the services we sell from St Petersburg to Burgas are direct. The rest connect at Minsk, Vilnius, Kaunas, Varna, with about 69 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 St Petersburg to Burgas use?

Services from St Petersburg to Burgas by flight leave from Pulkovo Airport LED and arrive at Burgas Airport BOJ. 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 St Petersburg to Burgas?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from St Petersburg to Burgas 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.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 St Petersburg to Burgas on September 20, 2026: 2006 km of route against 1948 km in a straight line, 20 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €152.95, and 6h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Burgas a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Burgas and across Bulgaria

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

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The two ends, compared

St Petersburg reaches 185 places in 42 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 8,745 km. Burgas reaches 78 places in 27 countries, from 87 to 3,196 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving St Petersburg

  • 185Places you can leave for
  • 42Countries
  • 76Operators

Arriving in Burgas

Leaving Burgas

  • 78Places you can leave for
  • 27Countries
  • 61Operators

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