Traffic in Bulgaria

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 649.01kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 29.81 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 3.54%
Walking 31.82%
Car 35.35%
Bicycle 3.54%
Motorcycle 0.76%
Bus/Trolleybus 16.16%
Tram/Streetcar 2.78%
Train/Metro 6.06%

Overall Average One-Way Commute Time and Distance to Work or School

Average Distance 8.21 km
Average Travel Time 28.80 min

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 3.45 km
Walking 21.41 min
Waiting 1.26 min
Driving Car 1.10 min
Bicycle 0.45 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 1.10 min
Train/Metro Ride 0.90 min
Overall 26.51 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 12.39 km
Walking 2.15 min
Driving Car 24.41 min
Overall 26.56 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 5.96 km
Walking 0.50 min
Bicycle 22.29 min
Overall 22.93 min

Average when primarily using Motorcycle

Distance 13.33 km
Motorcycle 16.67 min
Overall 16.67 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 7.69 km
Walking 6.12 min
Waiting 7.11 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 22.42 min
Train/Metro Ride 1.08 min
Overall 36.81 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 5.95 km
Walking 7.82 min
Waiting 5.91 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 18.36 min
Train/Metro Ride 2.09 min
Overall 34.18 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance 12.62 km
Walking 6.67 min
Waiting 4.71 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.75 min
Train/Metro Ride 23.54 min
Overall 36.08 min

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Last update: 24 March 2026

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in Bulgaria

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Sofia 108.7 30.5 132.8 99.1 3218.0
Plovdiv 87.4 26.6 29.9 77.2 2173.5
Varna 85.9 28.7 65.1 87.8 1577.0
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