How far is it from Dublin to Sofia?

The distance between Dublin and Sofia is 3081 km by road.

How long does it take to drive from Dublin to Sofia?

The drive from Dublin to Sofia takes approximately 34 h 25 min by car.

What is the best route from Dublin to Sofia?

The fastest route from Dublin to Sofia covers 3081 km with a driving time of approximately 34 h 25 min.

Which direction is Sofia from Dublin?

Sofia lies roughly to the east of Dublin.

Which roads does the route from Dublin to Sofia follow?

The drive from Dublin to Sofia mainly follows M1, A 3, A1. The longest single stretch is 625 km on A 3.

Which towns do you pass between Dublin and Sofia?

Towns on the route from Dublin to Sofia include Birmingham, Köln, Nürnberg, Belgrade, Niš.

Are there charging stations between Dublin and Sofia?

Yes. You can charge along the route from Dublin to Sofia, including 146 Cabra Rd, Dublin (400 kW); Citywest Rd, Citywest (400 kW); Clonshaugh Rd, Clonshaugh (400 kW). Charging points on this route: 561.

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Distance: 3081 kmDrive time: 34 h 25 min

Driving from Dublin to Sofia takes about 34 h 25 min via A 3. The distance is 3081 km. The straight-line distance is 2519 km. EV charging is available along the route, including in Churchill, Greater London, Etterbeek, Nürnberg, Kozjak nad Pesnico, Niš. Driving directions

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Driving directions183 · 3081 km

Setting off on a proper road trip from Dublin, Ireland, all the way to Sofia, Bulgaria, takes you right through the middle of Europe. It's a fair aul drive, clocking in at 3080 kilometres and needing around 34.4 hours behind the wheel. You'll be switching from driving on the left in Ireland to the right in Bulgaria, and you'll be crossing borders in Romania and Serbia along the way. Don't forget to get an electronic vignette before you hit the Bulgarian motorways, to keep things nice and easy. The route offers a brilliant mix of scenery and cultures, making the long journey a great adventure for anyone who loves a good road trip.

1 Depart left onto O'Connell Street Lower 41 m
2 Continue straight onto O'Connell Street Upper 318 m
3 Turn left onto Parnell Street 53 m
4 Keep slightly right onto Parnell Street 52 m
5 Continue straight onto Parnell Square West 238 m
6 Turn straight onto Granby Row 128 m
7 Turn right onto Dorset Street Upper 423 m
8 Continue straight onto Dorset Street Lower 513 m
9 Continue straight onto Drumcondra Road Lower 256 m
10 Turn right onto Clonliffe Road 2 km
11 Continue straight onto Poplar Row 267 m
12 Continue straight onto East Wall Road 2 km
13 Turn left onto Bond Road 41 m

14 Take exit slightly left onto Bond Road 188 m
15 Turn right onto Promenade Road 288 m
16 Continue slightly right onto Promenade Road 418 m
17 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Promenade Road 41 m
18 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Promenade Road 355 m
19 Continue straight 971 m
20 Continue straight onto Terminal Road North 118 m
21 Turn left onto Alexandra Road Extension 117 m
22 Turn right onto Terminal Road South 269 m
23 Enter roundabout slightly left 9 m
24 Exit roundabout straight 87 m
25 Continue straight onto Terminal 1 Car Check-in 364 m
26 At end of road, turn right 78 m
27 Keep slightly left 83 m
28 Turn left 18 m
29 Turn left onto RO-RO ramp number 9 97 m
30 Continue straight onto Dublin - Holyhead (Irish Ferries) (fast) 111 km
31 Continue straight 200 m
32 At end of road, turn left 2 km
33 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Llanfawr Road 18 m
34 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Llanfawr Road 120 m
35 Turn right onto London Road 131 m
36 Turn left onto Victoria Road 205 m
37 Enter rotary straight onto Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Expressway 49 m
38 Exit rotary straight onto Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Expressway 51 km
39 Enter rotary left onto Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Expressway 34 m
40 Exit rotary slightly left onto Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Expressway 5 km
41 Enter rotary slightly left onto Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Expressway 36 m
42 Exit rotary straight onto Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Expressway 5 km
43 Take exit slightly left 764 m
44 Merge slightly right onto Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Expressway 60 km
45 Keep slightly left onto Gwibffordd Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Expressway 9 km
46 Continue straight onto North Wales Expressway 9 km
47 Take exit slightly left 2 km
48 Keep slightly right onto Boughton Heath Junction 60 m
49 Merge slightly right onto Boughton Heath Junction 9 m
50 Take exit slightly right onto Boughton Heath Junction 46 m
51 Turn right onto Whitchurch Road 14 km
52 At roundabout, take exit straight onto Whitchurch Road 6 km
53 Enter roundabout left onto Whitchurch Road 44 m
54 Exit roundabout left onto Whitchurch Road 2 km
55 Continue straight onto No Man's Heath Bypass 2 km
56 Continue straight onto Whitchurch Road 4 km
57 Continue straight onto Chester Road 2 km
58 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Whitchurch Bypass 73 m
59 Exit roundabout left onto Whitchurch Bypass 2 km
60 Enter roundabout straight onto Whitchurch Bypass 44 m
61 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Whitchurch Bypass 3 km
62 Enter roundabout left onto Heath Road 68 m
63 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Heath Road 810 m
64 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Heath Road 54 m
65 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Heath Road 2 km
66 Enter roundabout slightly left 39 m
67 Exit roundabout straight 12 km
68 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Chester Road 21 m
69 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Chester Road 8 km
70 Continue straight onto Newport Road 2 km
71 Continue straight onto Chester Road 9 km
72 Enter roundabout straight 48 m
73 Exit roundabout straight 2 km
74 Enter roundabout slightly left 68 m
75 Exit roundabout slightly left 990 m
76 Enter roundabout straight 41 m
77 Exit roundabout straight 8 km
78 Enter roundabout straight 64 m
79 Exit roundabout left 5 km
80 Enter rotary straight 34 m
81 Exit rotary straight 19 km
82 Merge slightly right 10 km
83 Keep slightly right 61 km
84 Take exit slightly left 3 km
85 Merge slightly right 93 km
86 Take exit slightly left 761 m
87 Keep slightly right 663 m
88 Merge slightly right 6 km
89 Enter rotary slightly left onto North Orbital Road 66 m
90 Exit rotary straight onto North Orbital Road 4 km
91 Enter rotary left 111 m
92 Exit rotary straight 3 km
93 Enter rotary straight 74 m
94 Exit rotary slightly left 57 km
95 Continue straight 9 km
96 Take exit slightly left 2 km
97 Merge slightly right onto Dartford Bypass 3 km
98 Continue straight onto Watling Street 11 km
99 Continue straight 9 km
100 Take exit slightly left 586 m
101 Enter rotary slightly left 243 m
102 Exit rotary straight 358 m
103 Enter rotary straight 15 m
104 Exit rotary straight 332 m
105 Continue straight 4 km
106 Take exit slightly left 515 m
107 Keep slightly right 98 m
108 Enter rotary slightly left 9 m
109 Exit rotary straight 49 km
110 Take exit slightly left 361 m
111 Keep slightly right 2 km
112 Turn straight onto FlexiPlus 337 m
113 Keep slightly left onto Boulevard d'Erlanger 671 m
114 Keep slightly right 14 m
115 Keep slightly right 906 m
116 Continue straight onto Over Bridge 2 187 m
117 Turn left 93 m
118 Turn slightly right 19 m
119 Turn slightly left onto Le Shuttle 60 km
120 Turn slightly right 127 m
121 At end of road, turn right 2 km
122 Keep slightly right onto Boulevard de la Côte d'Opale 982 m
123 Enter rotary right onto Boulevard de l'Europe 27 m
124 Exit rotary slightly right onto Boulevard de l'Europe 852 m
125 Enter rotary slightly right 107 m
126 Exit rotary straight 197 m
127 Enter roundabout slightly right 28 m
128 Exit roundabout right 401 m
129 Merge slightly left onto L'Européenne 43 km
130 Keep slightly left onto L'Européenne 13 km
131 Continue straight 134 km
132 Take exit slightly right 460 m
133 Keep slightly left 892 m
134 Keep slightly left 247 m
135 Merge slightly left 18 km
136 Take exit slightly right 216 m
137 Keep slightly left 2 km
138 Merge slightly left 78 km
139 Keep slightly left 52 km
140 Continue straight 11 km
141 Take exit slightly right 322 m
142 Keep slightly left 724 m
143 Merge slightly left 69 km
144 Take exit slightly left 2 km
145 Merge slightly left 298 km
146 Take exit slightly right 363 m
147 Keep slightly left 430 m
148 Keep slightly left 2 km
149 Keep slightly left 418 m
150 Keep slightly left 327 km
151 Continue straight onto Innkreis Autobahn 61 km
152 Take exit slightly right onto Innkreis Autobahn 16 km
153 Continue straight onto Pyhrn Autobahn 231 km
154 Continue straight 26 km
155 Take exit slightly right 2 km
156 Continue straight 34 km
157 Continue straight 61 km
158 Take exit slightly right 82 m
159 Keep slightly left 307 m
160 Keep slightly left 292 km
161 Take exit slightly right 574 m
162 Merge slightly left 307 m
163 Turn right 78 m
164 Turn left 72 m
165 Take ramp right 436 m
166 Merge slightly left 94 km
167 Keep slightly left 3 km
168 Merge slightly right onto Обилазница око Београда 31 km
169 Keep slightly left onto Обилазница око Београда 215 km
170 Take exit slightly right 2 km
171 Continue straight 106 km
172 Continue straight onto Автомагистрала Европа 2 km
173 Take exit slightly right 193 m
174 Merge slightly left onto Автомагистрала Европа 63 km
175 Continue straight onto Автомагистрала Европа 2 km
176 Turn straight onto бул. Ботевградско шосе 285 m
177 Continue straight onto Автомагистрала Хемус 865 m
178 Take exit slightly right 5 km
179 Keep slightly right 30 km
180 Turn straight 16 km
181 Continue right 7 km
182 Turn right 4 km
183 Arrive

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The return trip from Sofia to Dublin covers roughly the same distance, 3081 km.

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Along the way

Charging points along the way

561 chargers

Longest stretch on this route with no charging point: 2915 km

146 Cabra Rd, Dublin146 Cabra Rd, Dublin, Dublin 7400 kW
Citywest Rd, CitywestCitywest Rd, Citywest, Dublin 24400 kW
Clonshaugh Rd, ClonshaughClonshaugh Rd, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17400 kW
Enniskerry Rd, KilternanEnniskerry Rd, Kilternan, Co. Dublin400 kW
Hartstown Rd, HartstownHartstown Rd, Hartstown, Dublin 15400 kW

EV Charging Stations

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Top attractions along the route

Annecy
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Thonon-les-Bains
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Roztoky
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Szob
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Montreux
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Morges
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Pully
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Solothurn
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Barking Riverside
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Barking Riverside is a major new development on the Thames in east London, built on former industrial land where the River Roding meets the Thames. Access via A13 Junction 3, then A1306 through Barking, or A406 North Circular to A13 eastbound. Popular routes include short hops from Dagenham (8km) and longer drives from Canary Wharf (22km). The area has excellent EV charging infrastructure with over 4450 public points nearby. The centrepiece is the new Overground station with its distinctive curved glass canopy.
Überlingen
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Port of Holyhead
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Westminster Millennium Pier
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Vitznau railway station
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Verkehrshaus-Lido landing stage
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Weggis landing stage
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Küssnacht am Rigi landing stage
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Luzern Bahnhofquai
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Greenwich Pier
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Gravesend town pier
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Port of Vado Ligure
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Genève Mont-Blanc ferry terminal
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Genève Eaux-Vives ferry terminal
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Hafen Konstanz
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Station de navette fluviale Corentin Cariou
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Fishguard ferry port
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Newhaven Ferry Port
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Wandsworth Riverside Quarter Pier
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Accademia "A"
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San Marco Vallaresso "B"
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Lido San Nicolò ferry
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Museo "A"
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Ferrovia "A"
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San Samuele
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Rialto "C"
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S. Giobbe
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Lido Santa Maria Elisabetta "B"
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Riva di Biasio "B"
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San Tomà "B"
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Salute
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Torcello
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Ca' D' Oro
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Zattere "A"
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San Giorgio
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Tronchetto Mercato
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Guglie "A"
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Sacca Fisola "A"
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Giudecca Palanca "A"
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Fondamente Nove "B"
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Questions and answers

How far is it from Dublin to Sofia?: The distance between Dublin and Sofia is 3081 km by road.
How long does it take to drive from Dublin to Sofia?: The drive from Dublin to Sofia takes approximately 34 h 25 min by car.
What is the best route from Dublin to Sofia?: The fastest route from Dublin to Sofia covers 3081 km with a driving time of approximately 34 h 25 min.
Which direction is Sofia from Dublin?: Sofia lies roughly to the east of Dublin.
Which roads does the route from Dublin to Sofia follow?: The drive from Dublin to Sofia mainly follows M1, A 3, A1. The longest single stretch is 625 km on A 3.
Which towns do you pass between Dublin and Sofia?: Towns on the route from Dublin to Sofia include Birmingham, Köln, Nürnberg, Belgrade, Niš.
Are there charging stations between Dublin and Sofia?: Yes. You can charge along the route from Dublin to Sofia, including 146 Cabra Rd, Dublin (400 kW); Citywest Rd, Citywest (400 kW); Clonshaugh Rd, Clonshaugh (400 kW). Charging points on this route: 561.

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