Budapest to Berlin bus

Buses from Budapest to Berlin start at €35.93 and take 9h 41m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Budapest to Berlin starts at €35.93 and takes 9h 41m door to door, run by 1 operator over 688 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 41mDoor to door
  • 8h 57mMoving
  • €35.93From
  • 18.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€32.08
  1. FlixBus FB638919:0110h 28m05:29Budapest NepligetBerlin ZOB am Funkturm

Door to door 11h 12mCO2 18.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€32.089h 41m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

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Rooms within reach of Berlin Hauptbahnhof

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Booking window

When to book Budapest to Berlin

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €29.3390 days
  2. €27.1360 days
  3. €31.5345 days
  4. €32.6330 days
  5. €35.3821 days
  6. €40.3314 days
  7. €48.037 days
  8. €72.783 days
  9. €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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €44.18Sun
  2. €38.13Mon
  3. €35.93Tue
  4. €40.33Wed
  5. €49.13Thu
  6. €44.18Fri
  7. €46.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Budapest

Coach
  • Budapest Nepliget
  • Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás

Berlin

Coach
  • Berlin ZOB am Funkturm
  • Berlin Central Bus Station
The journey

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 Budapest 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.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 29m1h 19m3h 10m€73.30174.4 kg18
Train5h 32m4h 48m44m€92.7422.7 kg9
Coach9h 41m8h 57m44m€35.9318.6 kg9

Questions about Budapest to Berlin

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 Budapest to Berlin take?

The Coach from Budapest to Berlin takes 9h 41m door to door, of which 8h 57m 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 Budapest to Berlin cost?

The Coach from Budapest to Berlin 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 Budapest to Berlin?

1 operators run the Coach from Budapest to Berlin: 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 Budapest to Berlin use?

The Coach from Budapest to Berlin leaves from Budapest Nepliget and arrives at Berlin ZOB am Funkturm. 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 Budapest to Berlin?

Travelling from Budapest to Berlin by Flight costs €73.30 and takes 4h 29m door to door, against 9h 41m 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 Budapest to Berlin?

Fares for the Coach from Budapest to Berlin 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 Budapest to Berlin produce?

The Coach from Budapest to Berlin 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 Budapest to Berlin?

Operators on the Coach from Budapest to Berlin publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 41m 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 Budapest to Berlin 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 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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