--- title: "Sofia to Nis – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Sofia to Nis is 135 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-nis" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/sofia-to-nis.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Sofia to Nis [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sofia&to=Nis) [Nis to Sofia](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nis-to-sofia) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 135 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Sun 25 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 135 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sun 25 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 Лв100 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 2h 10m лв14–19 Estimated Likely no visa needed for Serbia 162 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sofia&to=Nis) - [**Taxi** 2h 10m лв95–145 Estimated Likely no visa needed for Serbia one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Sofia&to=Nis) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Bulgaria; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Likely no visa needed for Serbia** · Bulgaria passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/serbia/entry-requirements) - **Exercise increased caution in Serbia** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.srb.html) Travel advice: US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today 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 Nis? The fastest way is by car: about 2h 10m door to door. The straight-line distance is 135 km. What is the cheapest way from Sofia to Nis? Drive is the cheapest, from лв14. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Nis from Sofia by road? About 162 km, roughly 2h 10m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around лв14–19; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Nis City in southern Serbia Niš, less often spelled in English as Nish, is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in the southern part of Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city proper has a population of 178,976, while its administrative area has a population of 249,501 inhabitants. [The Nis guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/nis) Worth your time - Skull Tower Skull Tower was built in the 19th century by the Turks from the skulls of the Serbs killed in the battle of Cegar, near Nis, in May 1809. - Rusalia Church Church of Holy Trinity of Rusalia sits above the village of Gornji Matejevac. - Kazandzijsko It was built in the first half of 18th century. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Nis 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-nis, 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