There are 6 ways to get from Cape Town to Budapest by plane, train, shuttle, or bus
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Fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CPT - BUD
14h 52mFt 95,519–256,732Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CPT - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
16h 52mFt 140,219–271,432Fly to Debrecen International Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Debrecen International Airport (DEB)plane CPT - DEB
- Take the train from Debrecen to Koebanya-Kispesttrain
19h 35mFt 225,469–588,882Fly to Graz Airport, train
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane CPT - GRZ
- Take the train from Graz Don Bosco to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
20h 24mFt 189,299–492,832Fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane CPT - TSR
- Take a shuttle bus from Timişoara to Budapest
21h 13mFt 163,705–606,618Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CPT - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Budapest-Kelenföldbus
20h 10mFt 132,209–427,682
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Budapest is to fly which costs 95 000 Ft - 260 000 Ft and takes 14h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Budapest is to fly which takes 14h 52m and costs 95 000 Ft - 260 000 Ft.
The distance between Cape Town and Budapest is 9087 km.
It takes approximately 14h 52m to get from Cape Town to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 1h behind Cape Town. It is currently 6:54 PM in Cape Town and 5:54 PM in Budapest.
There are 6413+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Budapest, Hungary?
Edelweiss Air, Swiss, and six other airlines fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–360,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–390,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–380,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 210,000–750,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Johannesburg, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 220,000–800,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 200,000–800,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Zurich, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 190,000–700,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 170,000–650,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 170,000–650,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–550,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–400,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–420,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–310,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–350,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–460,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Johannesburg, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–470,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Istanbul, Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–460,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–370,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–320,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–350,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 160,000–600,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–370,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–350,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–380,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–410,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–270,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–300,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 110,000–320,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–340,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–370,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–250,000
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 100,000–280,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 200,000–650,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–24,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 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 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–30,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Debrecen to Koebanya-Kispest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–26,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Debrecen to Koebanya-Kispest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,600–4,200
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Don Bosco to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–26,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Timişoara to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–140,000
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–17,000
- Website
- Flixbus
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