There are 5 ways to get from Kyoto to Sofia by train or plane
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Kyōto to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane KIX - SOF
20h 28m$391–1,212Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kyoto to Nagoyatrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NGO - SOF
21h 55mFly from Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ITM - SOF
22h 40m$443–1,303Train, train to Komatsu Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Tsurugatrain
- Take the train from Tsuruga to Komatsutrain
- Fly from Komatsu Airport (KMQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane KMQ - SOF
25h 26m$571–1,729Train to Kobe, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Ashiyatrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane UKB - SOF
23h 33m$458–1,412
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $390 - $1,300 and takes 20h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 20h 28m and costs $390 - $1,300.
The distance between Kyoto and Sofia is 9106 km.
It takes approximately 20h 28m to get from Kyoto to Sofia, including transfers.
Sofia is 6h behind Kyoto. It is currently 6:30 PM in Kyoto and 12:30 PM in Sofia.
There are 2302+ hotels available in Sofia.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Sofia, Bulgaria?
All Nippon Airways, Turkish Airlines, and Japan Airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sofia Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sofia Airport via Tokyo Narita, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sofia Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sofia Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Sofia Airport via Tokyo Narita, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Sofia Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Sofia Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Komatsu Airport to Sofia Airport via Hong Kong, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Kobe to Sofia Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–3,600
Flights from Kobe to Sofia Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Kobe to Sofia Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kobe to Sofia Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Sofia Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–950
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Kobe to Sofia Airport via Incheon, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,500
- Phone
- 0570-00-2486
- Website
- jr-odekake.net
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- westjr.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Tsuruga
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Schedules at
- jorudan.co.jp
Train from Tsuruga to Komatsu
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- jorudan.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Ashiya
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- jr-odekake.net
- Phone
- 050-3772-3910
- Website
- jr-central.co.jp
Train from Kyoto to Nagoya
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Schedules at
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
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