Sofia (SOF) to Budapest (BUD): 385 miles (619 km) great-circle, about 1h 15m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $124 round-trip on Wizz Air, with 1 stop, departing April 27, 2026.
$124 round-trip, Wizz Air W64347, departing 2026-04-27 at 15:45, returning 2026-04-30. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Thursday 3 nights later; the fare was observed 2 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $124, it ranked 11th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from SOF (median $161). That is 32.2 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the SOF median of 21.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from SOF of similar length: Chisinau (398 mi) at $29 and Bari (359 mi) at $76.
Wizz Air had the cheapest fare on 18 of 30 SOF routes. It is the 25th longest of the 30 routes we track from SOF.
Of 24 departure airports with a fare to Budapest, Sofia (SOF) ranked 11th at $124. Lowest: $41 from Warsaw (WAW); highest: $1564 from Okinawa (OKA); 14 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Wizz Air (13), Wizz Air Malta (4), Ryanair (2), Aeromexico (1), China Eastern (1) and easyJet (1), plus 2 more.
That depends on your passport and trip, so check the official source for Hungary: European Commission: Schengen visa policy. Connecting elsewhere? Check that country's transit rules too.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Europe/Sofia, Europe/Budapest; flight time is our estimate.