Fastest€65.04
- Tarom T228706:321h 16m07:48Bucharest OTPBudapest BUD
Door to door 4h 26mCO2 163.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Bucharest to Budapest flight
Flights from Bucharest to Budapest start at €62.68 and take 4h 26m at their fastest.
The Flights from Bucharest to Budapest starts at €62.68 and takes 4h 26m door to door, run by 3 operators over 663 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 26mDoor to door
- 1h 16mMoving
- €62.68From
- 163.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 30 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Blue Air | €62.09 |
 Tarom | €62.09 |
 Wizz Air | €59.14 |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Budapest is not something we sell.
Rooms within reach of Budapest Keleti
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When to book Bucharest to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.2390 days
- €26.0360 days
- €29.8845 days
- €28.7830 days
- €30.4321 days
- €30.9814 days
- €35.937 days
- €51.883 days
- €66.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 154 percent. The dearest point is €66.18, 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.
- €40.88Sun
- €38.68Mon
- €33.73Tue
- €30.98Wed
- €45.83Thu
- €41.98Fri
- €49.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bucharest
Air
- OTP
- BBU
Budapest
Air
- BUD
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 663 km against 643 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 Bucharest at 06:18 and the last at 20:08, across 18 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights 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 26m | 1h 16m | 3h 10m | €62.68 | 163.1 kg | 18 |
| Coach | 9h 8m | 8h 24m | 44m | €30.98 | 17.4 kg | 8 |
Questions about Bucharest 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 Flight from Bucharest to Budapest take?
The Flight from Bucharest to Budapest takes 4h 26m door to door, of which 1h 16m is spent moving. The route runs 663 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 Flight from Bucharest to Budapest cost?
The Flight from Bucharest to Budapest starts at €62.68 for one passenger, checked on 30 September 2026. A typical fare is €75.96. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Bucharest to Budapest?
3 operators run the Flight from Bucharest to Budapest: Blue Air, Tarom, Wizz Air. Between them they file around 18 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 Flight from Bucharest to Budapest use?
The Flight from Bucharest to Budapest leaves from Bucharest OTP and arrives at Budapest BUD. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Flight the best way from Bucharest to Budapest?
Travelling from Bucharest to Budapest by Coach costs €30.98 and takes 9h 8m door to door, against 4h 26m by Flight. 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 Flight from Bucharest to Budapest?
Fares for the Flight from Bucharest to Budapest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €26.03. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 154 percent, measured on 30 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Bucharest to Budapest produce?
The Flight from Bucharest to Budapest produces about 163.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 663 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
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 Bucharest to Budapest on 9 September 2026: 663 km of route against 643 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €62.68, and 4h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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