There are 13 ways to get from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane BUD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
4h 15m£68–163Bus, train
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 260 / ...
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
31h 18m£195–347Train, night train
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
27h 21m£263–524Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
18h 48m£372–493Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane BUD - CWL
5h 36m£87–374Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane BUD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
5h 48m£108–246Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane BUD - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
5h 28m£164–396Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BUD - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 18m£112–287Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BUD - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 13m£120–316Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BUD - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 12m£128–339Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BUD - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 24m£106–237Bus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
36h 53m£178–354Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
19h 52m£267–425
Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff by bus, foot, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £65 - £170 and takes 4h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 4h 15m and costs £65 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Budapest Airport and arriving at University RE via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Keleti and arriving at Cardiff Central via Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 21m.
The distance between Budapest Airport (BUD) and Cardiff is 1073 miles.
The best way to get from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff without a car is to bus and train which takes 31h 18m and costs £190 - £350.
It takes approximately 4h 15m to get from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff, including transfers.
Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Keleti station.
The best way to get from Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs £85 - £380. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £170 - £360 and takes 36h 53m.
What companies run services between Budapest Airport (BUD), Hungary and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM flies from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Budapest Airport to University RE via Budapest Nepliget, Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and London Victoria in around 36h 53m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–210
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–370
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–230
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–230
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–370
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–290
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–12
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- £30–50
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £110–210
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Budapest Airport (BUD). It is currently 1:54 PM in Budapest Airport (BUD) and 12:54 PM in Cardiff.
Budapest Airport (BUD) to Cardiff train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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