There are 9 ways to get from Munich to Budapest by train, bus, night train, car, rideshare, 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.
Train
best- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
7h 4mFt 29,359–140,901Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Munich to Budapest637.8 km
7h 59mFt 11,899Bus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 091 / ...
8h 30mFt 19,000–37,000Night train
- Take the night train from Muenchen Ost to Budapest-Kelenfoeldnighttrain En
9h 39mFt 12,349–14,030Drive 637.8 km
- Drive from Munich to Budapestcar 637.8 km
6h 13mFt 35,314–51,009Fly Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MUC - BUD
4h 44mFt 34,199–69,902Bus to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the bus from München to Memmingen Airportbus
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FMM - BUD
5h 41mFt 16,768–76,594Fly Munich International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane MUC - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
6h 52mFt 40,969–128,602Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane STR - BUD
6h 51mFt 27,573–127,181
Munich to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Budapest is to rideshare which costs 11 899 Ft and takes 7h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Budapest is to fly which takes 4h 44m and costs 34 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Munich central bus station station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. Services depart every four hours, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Munich to Budapest. However, there are services departing from München Hbf and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 4m.
The distance between Munich and Budapest is 700 km. The road distance is 637.8 km.
The best way to get from Munich to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 7h 4m and costs 29 000 Ft - 150 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Munich to Budapest, including transfers.
Munich to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Munich central bus station.
Munich to Budapest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from München Hbf station.
The best way to get from Munich to Budapest is to train which takes 7h 4m and costs 29 000 Ft - 150 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 19 000 Ft - 37 000 Ft and takes 8h 30m, you could also fly, which costs 34 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft and takes 4h 44m.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from München Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 7h 4m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Munich central bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar 5 times a day. Tickets cost Ft 19,000–33,000 and the journey takes 8h 30m. Two other operators also service this route.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–85,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–65,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–120,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–95,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–65,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–110,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–70,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–65,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–49,000
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–85,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–60,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–60,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–41,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–65,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–18,000
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- [email protected]
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–65,000
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–28,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–43,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Night train from Muenchen Ost to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–14,000
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–20,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–33,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–37,000
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +36 309 022 495
- [email protected]
- Website
- molnarbusz.hu
Bus from Munich central bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,919
- Schedules at
- molnarbusz.hu
- Phone
- +49 (0) 8331 9842 00 509
- [email protected]
- Website
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
Bus from München to Memmingen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,288–11,000
- Schedules at
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
- On Board Fare
- Ft 8,037
- Internet fare
- Ft 3,288
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Munich to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,899
- Schedules at
- blablacar.com
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Munich to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Munich to Budapest train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Munich to Budapest is 638 km. It takes approximately 6h 13m to drive from Munich to Budapest.
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