There are 5 ways to get from Cairns to Budapest by plane, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CNS - BUD
27h 31mFt 168,043–377,107Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CNS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
28h 49mFt 189,759–448,278Fly to Debrecen International Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Debrecen International Airport (DEB)plane CNS - DEB
- Take the train from Debrecen to Budapest-Nyugatitrain
33hFt 402,283–2,236,276Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CNS - ZAG
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
34h 42mFt 203,622–445,477Fly to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane CNS - BEG
- Take a shuttle bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Budapest
32h 6mFt 208,100–449,244
Cairns (CNS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cairns to Budapest is to fly which costs 160 000 Ft - 380 000 Ft and takes 27h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Cairns to Budapest is to fly which takes 27h 31m and costs 160 000 Ft - 380 000 Ft.
The distance between Cairns and Budapest is 14120 km.
It takes approximately 27h 31m to get from Cairns to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 9h behind Cairns. It is currently 3:55 PM in Cairns and 6:55 AM in Budapest.
There are 6401+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Cairns, QLD, Australia and Budapest, Hungary?
Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from Cairns (CNS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairns to Vienna International Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 210,000–1,300,000
Flights from Cairns to Debrecen International Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 420,000–2,500,000
Flights from Cairns to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 210,000–1,300,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cairns to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 180,000–1,100,000
Flights from Cairns to Vienna International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 180,000–420,000
Flights from Cairns to Vienna International Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 210,000–1,300,000
Flights from Cairns to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 210,000–1,300,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Cairns to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 200,000–550,000
Flights from Cairns to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 200,000–550,000
Flights from Cairns to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Ngurah Rai, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 230,000–650,000
Flights from Cairns to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Singapore Changi, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 230,000–650,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cairns to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 210,000–700,000
Flights from Cairns to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 250,000–800,000
Flights from Cairns to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 250,000–750,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cairns to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 160,000–380,000
Flights from Cairns to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 190,000–440,000
Flights from Cairns to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 190,000–450,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Cairns to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 180,000–1,100,000
Flights from Cairns to Debrecen International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 390,000–2,300,000
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Cairns to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 250,000–800,000
Flights from Cairns to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 250,000–750,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cairns to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Singapore Changi, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 170,000–390,000
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cairns to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Singapore Changi, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 190,000–440,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cairns to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 200,000–700,000
- 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 22,639
- 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
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Debrecen to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–4,400
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,952
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- + 381 011 7555 675
- [email protected]
- Website
- Axios Travel
Shuttle from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,759
- Website
- Axios Travel
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