Budapest to London bus

Buses from Budapest to London start at €70.58 and take 19h 29m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Budapest to London starts at €70.58 and takes 19h 29m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,449 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 12 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 19h 29mDoor to door
  • 18h 45mMoving
  • €70.58From
  • 39.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

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

Cheapest€61.23
  1. FlixBus FB641306:2620h 46m03:12Budapest NepligetLondon Victoria Coach Station

Door to door 21h 30mCO2 39.1 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€61.2319h 28m72 km/hChangeablePower sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

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Booking window

When to book Budapest to London

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

  1. €74.9890 days
  2. €48.5860 days
  3. €51.3345 days
  4. €49.6830 days
  5. €71.1321 days
  6. €77.7314 days
  7. €95.887 days
  8. €90.383 days
  9. €131.081 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €48.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 170 percent. The dearest point is €131.08, 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. €83.78Sun
  2. €72.78Mon
  3. €70.58Tue
  4. €76.63Wed
  5. €95.33Thu
  6. €88.73Fri
  7. €77.73Sat
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

London

Coach
  • London Victoria Coach Station
  • London Bridge 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 1,449 km against 1,449 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Budapest at 06:26 and the last at 21:08, across 12 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
Flight5h 28m2h 18m3h 10m€142.92367.3 kg64
Coach19h 29m18h 45m44m€70.5839.1 kg12

Questions about Budapest to London

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 London take?

The Coach from Budapest to London takes 19h 29m door to door, of which 18h 45m is spent moving. The route runs 1,449 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 London cost?

The Coach from Budapest to London starts at €70.58 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €71.41. 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 London?

1 operators run the Coach from Budapest to London: FlixBus. Between them they file around 12 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 London use?

The Coach from Budapest to London leaves from Budapest Nepliget and arrives at London Victoria Coach Station. 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 London?

Travelling from Budapest to London by Flight costs €142.92 and takes 5h 28m door to door, against 19h 29m 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 London?

Fares for the Coach from Budapest to London bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €48.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 170 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Budapest to London produce?

The Coach from Budapest to London produces about 39.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1449 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 London?

Operators on the Coach from Budapest to London publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 19h 29m 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 London on 12 September 2026: 1449 km of route against 1449 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €70.58, and 19h 29m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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