There are 8 ways to get from Catalonia to Budapest by plane, ferry, car, train (Renfe, TGV), bus, or train
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 Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BCN - BUD
6h 5mFt 15,187–57,301Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoaferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Budapestcar
23h 39mFt 95,790–142,805Train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
24h 36mFt 123,415–245,262Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 1922
29h 41mFt 65,000–100,000Fly to Bratislava Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Bratislava Airport (BTS)plane BCN - BTS
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugatitrain
8h 44mFt 15,437–96,451Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane BCN - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
8h 28mFt 23,637–103,951Bus via Nădlac
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Nădlacbus
- Take the bus from Nădlac to Budapestbus
30h 35mFt 37,550–45,363Drive 1,813.8 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Budapestcar 1,813.8 km
19h 40mFt 104,187–150,492
Catalonia to Budapest by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Catalonia to Budapest is to fly which costs 15 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft and takes 6h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Catalonia to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 5m and costs 15 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. Services depart twice a week, and operate Tuesday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 29h 41m.
No, there is no direct train from Catalonia to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 36m.
The distance between Catalonia and Budapest is 1555 km. The road distance is 1813.8 km.
The best way to get from Catalonia to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 24h 36m and costs 120 000 Ft - 250 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 5m to get from Catalonia to Budapest, including transfers.
Catalonia to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Catalonia to Budapest train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Catalonia to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 5m and costs 15 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 120 000 Ft - 250 000 Ft and takes 24h 36m, you could also bus, which costs 65 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft and takes 29h 41m.
What companies run services between Catalonia, Spain and Budapest, Hungary?
Ryanair, Wizz Air, and two other airlines fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Mannheim Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 24h 36m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–55,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bratislava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–80,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bratislava Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–80,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bratislava Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–80,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–65,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–50,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Bratislava Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–55,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–95,000
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–65,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–95,000
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–75,000
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–43,000
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 47,000–70,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–65,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–40,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
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
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
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–22,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,827
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,731
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,765
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,731
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- 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
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
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
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–11,000
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–16,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–7,000
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 65,000–100,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +40 730 250 062
- [email protected]
- Website
- mateiunitrans.ro
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Nădlac
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–40,000
- Schedules at
- mateiunitrans.ro
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Nădlac to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–6,000
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–43,000
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Booking & Getting There
Catalonia to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Catalonia to Budapest train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Catalonia to Budapest is 1814 km. It takes approximately 19h 40m to drive from Catalonia to Budapest.
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