There are 8 ways to get from Budapest to Santa Barbara by train or plane
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Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane VIE - SBA
22h 43m$286–805Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
cheapest- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane BUD - SBA
20h 46m$253–654Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BUD - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
22h 36m$374–955Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane BUD - BUR
- Take the train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbaratrain
23h 16m$433–1,486Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane VIE - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
21h 40m$387–676Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BUD - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the train from San Jose to Santa Barbaratrain
28h 3m$377–773Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)plane VIE - SBP
- Take the train from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbaratrain
27h 8m$322–807Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)plane BUD - SBP
- Take the train from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbaratrain
24h 59m$299–706
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Santa Barbara is to fly which costs $250 - $700 and takes 20h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 20h 46m and costs $250 - $700.
The distance between Budapest and Santa Barbara is 6339 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 43m to get from Budapest to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 8h behind Budapest. It is currently 5:59 AM in Budapest and 9:59 PM in Santa Barbara.
There are 331+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
KLM, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 33m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Vienna International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Vienna International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Vienna International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–600
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 33m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Vienna International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–600
Flights from Vienna International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–470
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $190–480
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–470
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–480
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–550
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- $40–65
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- $40–65
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- $40–65
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Jose to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–270
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
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