Cheapest€32.08
- Flixbus CEE South FC299208:4811h 18m20:06Stuttgart SABBudapest Nepliget
Door to door 12h 2mCO2 20.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Stuttgart to Budapest bus
Buses from Stuttgart to Budapest start at €38.68 and take 10h 32m at their fastest.
The Buses from Stuttgart to Budapest starts at €38.68 and takes 10h 32m door to door, run by 2 operators over 745 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 10h 32mDoor to door
- 9h 48mMoving
- €38.68From
- 20.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 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 |
|---|---|
 FlixBus | €34.83 |
| Flixbus CEE South | €32.08 |
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When to book Stuttgart to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.5390 days
- €30.4360 days
- €33.7345 days
- €32.0830 days
- €37.0321 days
- €43.0814 days
- €52.437 days
- €74.983 days
- €90.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 197 percent. The dearest point is €90.38, 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.
- €44.73Sun
- €41.98Mon
- €38.68Tue
- €43.08Wed
- €52.98Thu
- €46.93Fri
- €48.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Stuttgart
Coach
- Stuttgart SAB
- Stuttgart-Airport-Busterminal
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 745 km against 745 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Linz, Vienna, Favoriten, Augsburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Stuttgart at 06:21 and the last at 19:31, across 12 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 33m | 1h 23m | 3h 10m | €80.97 | 188.7 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 10h 32m | 9h 48m | 44m | €38.68 | 20.1 kg | 12 |
Questions about Stuttgart 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 Stuttgart to Budapest take?
The Coach from Stuttgart to Budapest takes 10h 32m door to door, of which 9h 48m is spent moving. The route runs 745 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 Stuttgart to Budapest cost?
The Coach from Stuttgart to Budapest starts at €38.68 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €40.06. 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 Stuttgart to Budapest?
2 operators run the Coach from Stuttgart to Budapest: FlixBus, Flixbus CEE South. 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 Stuttgart to Budapest use?
The Coach from Stuttgart to Budapest leaves from Stuttgart SAB 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 Stuttgart to Budapest?
Travelling from Stuttgart to Budapest by Flight costs €80.97 and takes 4h 33m door to door, against 10h 32m 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 Stuttgart to Budapest?
Fares for the Coach from Stuttgart to Budapest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.43. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 197 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Stuttgart to Budapest produce?
The Coach from Stuttgart to Budapest produces about 20.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 745 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 Stuttgart to Budapest?
Operators on the Coach from Stuttgart to Budapest publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 10h 32m 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 Stuttgart to Budapest on 9 September 2026: 745 km of route against 745 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €38.68, and 10h 32m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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