There are 9 ways to get from București to Budapest by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane OTP - BUD
5h 29mFt 21,891–66,191Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BBU - BUD
5h 16mFt 8,529–51,329Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
9h 18mTrain
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
16h 6mFt 22,000–24,000Drive 821.4 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Budapestcar 821.4 km
8h 34mFt 50,590–73,075Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)plane OTP - OMR
- Take the bus from Oradea to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
6h 52mFt 71,641–151,941Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Arad, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Arad (ARW)plane OTP - ARW
- Take the train from Arad to Budapest-Keletitrain
7h 28mFt 32,941–90,341Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane OTP - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
8h 9mFt 24,341–102,841Bus via Valea Cascadelor
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 3910 / ...
16h 57mFt 31,341–47,341
București to Budapest by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from București to Budapest is to fly which costs 8 500 Ft - 55 000 Ft and takes 5h 16m.
The fastest way to get from București to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs 8 500 Ft - 55 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from București to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Universitate and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Bucharest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from București to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Universitate and arriving at Budapest-Keleti via Bucuresti Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 6m.
The distance between București and Budapest is 654 km. The road distance is 821.4 km.
The best way to get from București to Budapest without a car is to bus which takes 9h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from București to Budapest, including transfers.
București to Budapest bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
București to Budapest train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from București to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 29m and costs 21 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 9h 18m, you could also train, which costs 22 000 Ft - 24 000 Ft and takes 16h 6m.
What companies run services between București, Romania and Budapest, Hungary?
Tarom, Air Serbia, and Austrian Airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) twice daily. Alternatively, Maxibus Travel operates a bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar twice a week, and the journey takes 8h 7m.
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–46,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–85,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–85,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–65,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–85,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–55,000
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–50,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–80,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–42,000
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–43,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–65,000
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–24,000
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Arad to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–8,000
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,665
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Oradea to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–65,000
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–47,000
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
București to Budapest bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest is 1h behind București. It is currently 12:05 PM in București and 11:05 AM in Budapest.
București to Budapest train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between București to Budapest is 821 km. It takes approximately 8h 34m to drive from București to Budapest.
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