There are 10 ways to get from Chemnitz to Budapest by bus, train, night train, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Dresden central stationbus FlixBus N42 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N260 / ...
10h 30mFt 23,317–36,403Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugatinighttrain En
12h 39mFt 18,435–23,655Train
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati putrain rj 175
11h 38mFt 19,435–33,655Drive 685.2 km
- Drive from Chemnitz to Budapestcar 685.2 km
6h 31mFt 39,327–56,805Train via Děčín
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádražítrain 27
- Take the train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
12h 34mFt 34,235–54,655Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane PRG - BUD
7h 46mFt 23,213–70,660Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbftrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DRS - BUD
8h 12mFt 47,935–162,655Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BER - BUD
7h 19mFt 26,844–82,632Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Praguebus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane PRG - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
9h 12mFt 38,713–114,360Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NUE - BUD
8h 18mFt 51,956–147,824
Chemnitz to Budapest by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chemnitz to Budapest is to train and night train which costs 18 000 Ft - 24 000 Ft and takes 12h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Chemnitz to Budapest is to drive which takes 6h 31m and costs 39 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Chemnitz station to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Chemnitz central bus station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Dresden central station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Chemnitz to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Chemnitz Hbf and arriving at Budapest-Nyugati pu via Dresden Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 38m.
The distance between Chemnitz and Budapest is 746 km. The road distance is 685.2 km.
The best way to get from Chemnitz to Budapest without a car is to bus which takes 10h 30m and costs 23 000 Ft - 37 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 10h 30m to get from Chemnitz to Budapest, including transfers.
Chemnitz to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chemnitz central bus station.
Chemnitz to Budapest train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, depart from Chemnitz Hbf station.
The best way to get from Chemnitz to Budapest is to bus which takes 10h 30m and costs 23 000 Ft - 37 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 19 000 Ft - 34 000 Ft and takes 11h 38m.
What companies run services between Chemnitz, Germany and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Dresden central station in around 10h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Chemnitz Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati pu via Dresden Hbf in around 11h 38m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–50,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–44,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–80,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–100,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–170,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–170,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–110,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–140,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–90,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–65,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–80,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–46,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–65,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–65,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–150,000
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Dresden Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Chemnitz Hbf to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati pu
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–26,000
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Night train from Dresden Hbf to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–16,000
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–9,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–34,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–43,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–11,000
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Děčín hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Decin Hlavni Nadrazi to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–36,000
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- 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 21,000–24,000
- 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 18,000–29,000
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,300–3,400
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dresden central station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–33,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–10,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–10,000
- Website
- Flixbus
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Chemnitz to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Dresden central station.
Chemnitz to Budapest train services, operated by Transdev GmbH, arrive at Dresden Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Chemnitz to Budapest is 685 km. It takes approximately 6h 31m to drive from Chemnitz to Budapest.
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