Cheapest€32.08
- FlixBus FB393419:0110h 13m05:14Berlin ZOB am FunkturmBudapest Nepliget
Door to door 10h 57mCO2 18.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Berlin to Budapest bus
Buses from Berlin to Budapest start at €35.93 and take 9h 46m at their fastest.
The Buses from Berlin to Budapest starts at €35.93 and takes 9h 46m door to door, run by 1 operator over 688 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 9h 46mDoor to door
- 9h 2mMoving
- €35.93From
- 18.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €32.08 | 9h 41m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Berlin to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.3390 days
- €27.1360 days
- €31.5345 days
- €32.6330 days
- €35.3821 days
- €40.3314 days
- €48.037 days
- €72.783 days
- €97.531 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.13.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 259 percent. The dearest point is €97.53, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €44.18Sun
- €38.13Mon
- €35.93Tue
- €40.33Wed
- €49.13Thu
- €44.18Fri
- €46.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Berlin
Coach
- Berlin ZOB am Funkturm
- Berlin Central Bus Station
Budapest
Coach
- Budapest Nepliget
- Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 688 km against 688 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Berlin at 06:50 and the last at 21:08, across 9 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 28m | 1h 18m | 3h 10m | €73.30 | 174.4 kg | 18 |
| Train | 5h 24m | 4h 40m | 44m | €92.74 | 22.7 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 9h 46m | 9h 2m | 44m | €35.93 | 18.6 kg | 9 |
Questions about Berlin to Budapest
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Berlin to Budapest take?
The Coach from Berlin to Budapest takes 9h 46m door to door, of which 9h 2m is spent moving. The route runs 688 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Berlin to Budapest cost?
The Coach from Berlin to Budapest starts at €35.93 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €35.38. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Berlin to Budapest?
1 operators run the Coach from Berlin to Budapest: FlixBus. Between them they file around 9 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Berlin to Budapest use?
The Coach from Berlin to Budapest leaves from Berlin ZOB am Funkturm and arrives at Budapest Nepliget. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Berlin to Budapest?
Travelling from Berlin to Budapest by Flight costs €73.30 and takes 4h 28m door to door, against 9h 46m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Berlin to Budapest?
Fares for the Coach from Berlin to Budapest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.13. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 259 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Berlin to Budapest produce?
The Coach from Berlin to Budapest produces about 18.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 688 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Berlin to Budapest?
Operators on the Coach from Berlin to Budapest publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 46m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Berlin to Budapest on 9 September 2026: 688 km of route against 688 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €35.93, and 9h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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