Distance from O 3 Catalca to Sofia

N O 3 Catalca → Sofia

Road distance

3,017.0 km

O 3 Catalca to Sofia is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 3,017.0 km in roughly 43 hrs 58 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.

Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference

7,486.1 km

Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio

0.40×

Navigation steps Instruction count in route set

145

Info Travel board

Travel time

43 hrs 58 min

Start point

Avrupa Otoyolu

Return: 87 hrs 56 min

Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration

2638 min

Average velocity Distance over route runtime

68.6 km/h

Stop-adjusted ETA 21 planned rest stops

49 hrs 13 min

Fuel Service sign

Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km

93 Petrol R27.95 / litre

R6,071.41

95 Petrol R28.06 / litre

R6,095.31

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🧭 Route vector

Compass bearing

180° S

Forward azimuth heading

Return heading Reverse azimuth

0° N

Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift

South-West

Start coords Origin point

41.0591, 28.4813

End coords Destination point

-26.2651, 28.3907

Taxi Transport options

Shared taxi fare

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Long-distance caution

Route class Operational trip category

Long-distance

Operator type Service format

Minibus taxi

Weather 18 °C O 3 Catalca Partly Cloudy View Forecast → 10 °C Sofia Cloudy View Forecast →

Travel modes

O 3 Catalca → Sofia

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Car

3,017.0 km

43 hrs 58 min

Road route

🏍️ Estimate

Two-wheeler

3,017.0 km

~46 hrs 24 min

65 km/h avg

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Route

Route overview

Live map, directions, tolls and route services.

Map Directions Tolls Trip planning

Start O 3 Catalca

Finish Sofia

Map key

Start point

Destination

Driving route

Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

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Head on Avrupa Otoyolu

36.2 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto 2. Çevre Yolu towards Otogar

0.8 km
Continue straight onto 2. İstanbul Çevre Yolu

0.1 km
Continue straight onto Mahmutbey Viyadüğü

0.4 km
Continue straight onto 2. Çevre Yolu

26.2 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Çamlık Kavşağı

1.8 km
Continue straight onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

12.6 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Reşadiye Kavşağı

0.7 km
Merge slight left onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

3.5 km
Continue straight onto Viyadük-29

0.6 km
Continue straight onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

21.4 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

8.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

44.3 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu

59.5 km
Merge slight left onto Anadolu Otoyolu

254.5 km
Merge slight left onto Ankara Çevre Yolu

33.9 km
Take the exit ramp slight right onto Ankara Çevre Yolu Güney Kavşağı

1.2 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

220.0 km
Continue straight onto Ankara -Tarsus Otoyolu

27.8 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

105.6 km
Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-8 Viyadüğü

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu

1.0 km
Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-10 Viyadüğü

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

2.2 km
Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-14 Viyadüğü

0.2 km
Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-6 Tüneli

0.8 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

10.0 km
Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu

0.9 km
Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu

63.4 km
Continue straight onto K28 Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı

0.6 km
Take the exit ramp slight left onto Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı towards O-51

2.4 km
Merge slight left onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu

11.8 km
Go straight onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu

0.1 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu

0.4 km
Merge slight right onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu

17.9 km
Continue straight onto Fehmi Özeltürkay Tüneli

0.3 km
Continue straight onto Adana-Şanlıurfa Otoyolu

59.7 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Ceyhan-İskenderun Otoyolu

77.0 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto Belen 1 Kavşağı

0.6 km
Continue straight onto Antakya-İskenderun Yolu

3.8 km
Continue straight onto Maraşal Çakmak Caddesi

1.0 km
Continue straight onto E5 Karayolu Caddesi

16.4 km
Turn left onto Çevre Yolu Caddesi

10.6 km
Turn right onto Alpaslan Türkeş Bulvarı

1.5 km
Continue onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı yolu

31.8 km
Continue straight onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı Yolu

8.3 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto Antakya - Halep yolu

5.7 km
Continue straight

0.7 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto ESCWA, ITSAM

0.0 km
Continue onto ESCWA, ITSAM

1.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.0 km
Continue

4.5 km
At the roundabout, take the 4th exit

0.3 km
Continue

3.7 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق سرمدا - حلب

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق سرمدا - حلب

16.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto حلب - طريق إدلب

0.0 km
Continue onto حلب - طريق إدلب

3.3 km
Turn slight right onto طريق حلب - إدلب

2.3 km
Merge slight left onto حلب - طريق إدلب

10.9 km
Continue straight

8.3 km
Continue straight onto محلق حلب الجنوبي

7.3 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto محلق حلب الجنوبي

0.4 km
Continue straight

2.2 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرمادي

4.7 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرقة

179.6 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.8 km
Keep slight right at the fork onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

35.0 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

82.7 km
Go straight onto Deir EzZor - Ar Raqqa

5.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

4.9 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

2.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.2 km
Turn left

0.1 km
Turn right

0.3 km
Turn right

0.1 km
Turn right onto Rue Ash'Sham

0.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

4.4 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

39.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

1.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

2.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

6.0 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

0.0 km
Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

24.2 km
Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي

48.1 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.0 km
Continue

1.0 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit

0.0 km
Continue

0.0 km
Continue straight

3.0 km
Continue right onto حلب - الرمادي

0.1 km
Turn left

7.7 km
Continue straight

0.2 km
At the end of the road, turn left

4.2 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.1 km
Continue

260.8 km
Take the exit ramp left

0.6 km
Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1

117.5 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1

325.3 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards 8: الى السماوه - محطة وقود

0.5 km
Merge slight left

0.1 km
Continue make a U-turn

0.0 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards 1: الى البصرة

0.5 km
Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى البصره

177.9 km
Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى سفوان

55.9 km
Turn right

3.2 km
At the end of the road, turn right

1.4 km
At the end of the road, turn left

2.0 km
At the end of the road, turn right onto شارع عبدالرحمن الصفران

4.2 km
Turn right

0.3 km
Take the exit ramp make a U-turn

81.6 km
Take the exit ramp slight right towards 6

1.6 km
Merge slight left onto طريق جاسم محمد الخرافي towards Messila

3.1 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.3 km
Keep slight right at the fork towards 70

1.4 km
Merge slight left onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح

7.3 km
Take the exit ramp slight right

0.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit

0.2 km
Continue

0.9 km
Merge slight left onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح

94.2 km
Continue straight

2.6 km
Keep slight left at the fork

0.1 km
Keep slight right at the fork

0.3 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit

0.1 km
Continue

0.8 km
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

0.1 km
Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

1.0 km
At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

0.2 km
Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

27.8 km
Continue make a U-turn onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز

2.7 km
Turn right

4.3 km
Turn right

11.6 km
Turn right onto دباية العاذرية

3.0 km
Turn right

59.5 km
Turn left onto خط الهدباء

15.6 km
Turn right onto درب المباركية

36.9 km
You have arrived at your destination

0.0 km

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Stop Stopover sign

Halfway point

1,508.1 km

İstanbul to Gauteng

Mid-route position Road corridor partition

50 / 50

Time partition Start / finish split

21 hrs 59 min • 21 hrs 59 min

Waypoint reference Nearest route marker

İstanbul to Gauteng

Vec Consumption & emissions

Consumption & emissions profile

217.2 L needed

Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline

CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output

501.8 kg

Fuel mass Approximate tank weight

162.9 kg

Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol

R2.02

Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio

248.1%

☀ Solar data

Daylight window at Sofia

06:49 – 17:21

Outside daylight hours

Solar noonHighest sun position

12:05

Total daylightUsable driving light

10 hrs 32 min

Light remainingUntil sunset

15 hrs 50 min

SunriseDawn break

06:49

Fin Tax & wear

Wear & SARS deduction

R12,611.06

Single trip SARS allowance

SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate

R4.18/km

Tyre wear Estimated tread cost

R60.34

Service wear Oil & filter allocation

R603.40

Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls

R13,274.80

Nav Maneuver index

Navigation complexity

Very High (187)

Turn difficulty rating

Roundabouts Multi-path navigation

Lane merges Yield required

Complex forks Path selection

Highway exits Deceleration zones

Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS

Origin O 3 Catalca Start: Avrupa Otoyolu 41.05911, 28.48126

Midpoint

1,508.1 km

Total: 3,017.0 km

Midpoint 1,508.1 km

3,017.0 km 43 hrs 58 min

Destination Sofia -26.26506, 28.39069

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor

Province span İstanbul to Gauteng

One-way road span 3,017.0 km

Return-cycle span 6,034.0 km

Traversal time 43 hrs 58 min

Maneuver count 145

Maneuver density 4.8 /100 km

Midpoint chainage 1,508.1 km

Coordinate frame

Start 41.05911, 28.48126

Midpoint 35.65218, 39.71030

End -26.26506, 28.39069

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How far is O 3 Catalca from Sofia? +

O 3 Catalca is about 3,017.0 km from Sofia by road.

How long does it take from O 3 Catalca to Sofia? +

The drive usually takes about 43 hrs 58 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.

Is it possible to drive from O 3 Catalca to Sofia in one day? +

It is possible, but for many travellers this is better treated as a very long same-day trip or an overnight trip.

Is taxi available from O 3 Catalca to Sofia? +

Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.

What's the estimated fuel amount from O 3 Catalca to Sofia? +

Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R6,071.41 (R27.95 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R6,095.31 (R28.06 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R6,064.89 (R27.92 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R6,355.97 (R29.26 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.

Are there any tollgates from O 3 Catalca to Sofia? +

No tollgates are currently matched for this route.

What is the route verdict for this trip? +

Very long trip: This is a demanding long-distance route. Treat it as a serious travel day and consider an overnight stop.

Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +

This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.

Is there a road note for this route? +

This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. This route crosses a provincial boundary. This route looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.

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O-3: Çatalca

From O 3 Catalca To Sofia

İstanbul

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Avrupa Otoyolu

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Otogar

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Ankara

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2. Çevre Yolu

From O 3 Catalca To Sofia

2. İstanbul Çevre Yolu

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