--- title: "Sofia to Burgas – 3 ways by car, plane, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Sofia to Burgas is 340 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sofia-to-burgas" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sofia-to-burgas.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Sofia to Burgas [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sofia&to=Burgas) [Burgas to Sofia](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/burgas-to-sofia) **Fastest:** 3h 35m\ by plane, door to door\ **Cheapest:** лв29\ by train\ **Distance:** 340 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 3\ 4 ways, Wed 28 Oct\ ## 4 ways to travel 340 km apart. Times are the timetables for Wed 28 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 2h 50m quicker than the train and лв6 cheaper. - [**Drive** best 3h 52m лв34–46 Estimated 383 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sofia&to=Burgas) - [**Train** cheapest Least hassle 6h 41m лв29–95 Estimated 2 departures · Bulgarian State Railways](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sofia&to=Burgas) - [**Fly** fastest 3h 35m лв100–150 Estimated SOF → BOJ · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sofia&to=Burgas) - [**Taxi** 3h 52m лв230–340 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sofia&to=Burgas) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:09 → 11:44 3h 35m · direct лв100–150](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Sofia&to=Burgas&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 2. [12:43 → 19:36 6h 53m · direct · Bulgarian State Railways БВ 3623 лв29–95](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Sofia&to=Burgas&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t0) 3. [16:13 → 22:54 6h 41m · direct · Bulgarian State Railways БВ 3625 лв29–95](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Sofia&to=Burgas&date=2026-10-28&time=08%3A00&it=t1) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Sofia to Burgas? The fastest way is by plane: about 3h 35m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 340 km. What is the cheapest way from Sofia to Burgas? Train is the cheapest, from лв29. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. Is there a direct train from Sofia to Burgas? Yes. Today's timetable shows 2 direct trains, the fastest taking 6h 41m. Fares run лв29–95 across classes. How long is the flight from Sofia to Burgas? About 1h 6m in the air (SOF → BOJ), about 3h 35m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run лв100–150; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Burgas from Sofia by road? About 383 km, roughly 3h 52m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around лв34–46; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - Bulgarian State Railways Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Burgas City in Bulgaria Burgas, sometimes transliterated as Bourgas, is the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in the region of Northern Thrace and the fourth-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, Plovdiv, and Varna, with a population of 210,382 inhabitants, and 225,945 in its urban area. It is the capital of Burgas Province and an important industrial, transport, cultural and tourist centre. [The Burgas guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/burgas) [Hotels in Burgas Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sofia-to-burgas, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt