There are 3 ways to get from San Diego to Budapest by plane or train
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Fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SAN - BUD
14h 34mFt 76,203–263,264Fly to Debrecen International Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Debrecen International Airport (DEB)plane SAN - DEB
- Take the train from Debrecen to Budapest-Nyugatitrain
20h 25mFt 178,326–588,807Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane SAN - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
17h 49mFt 88,343–320,062
San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from San Diego to Budapest is to fly which costs 75 000 Ft - 270 000 Ft and takes 14h 34m.
The fastest way to get from San Diego to Budapest is to fly which takes 14h 34m and costs 75 000 Ft - 270 000 Ft.
The distance between San Diego and Budapest is 10115 km.
It takes approximately 14h 34m to get from San Diego to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 9h ahead of San Diego. It is currently 5:02 AM in San Diego and 2:02 PM in Budapest.
There are 6392+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between San Diego, CA, USA and Budapest, Hungary?
KLM, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–300,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 180,000–650,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 170,000–600,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 190,000–700,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Debrecen International Airport via Montreal, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 190,000–700,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–330,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Montreal, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–310,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Montreal, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–310,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–280,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–270,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–290,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–270,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Vienna International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–290,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–270,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–300,000
- 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
- +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 22,526
- 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 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–26,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
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