Budapest to Thessaloniki runs about 20 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 19:48. One passenger pays between €68.58 and €85.69, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 39m over 848 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€68.58 to €85.69
- 172%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Budapest
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:11First departure
- 19:48Last departure
- 20Services per day
- 90%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €159.13Wed16
- about €144.83Thu17
- about €117.88Fri18
- about €122.83Sat19
- about €99.18Sun20
- about €96.43Mon21
- about €96.43Tue22
- about €90.38Wed23
- about €97.53Thu24
- about €101.38Fri25
- about €107.43Sat26
- about €77.73Sun27
- about €87.63Mon28
- about €70.03Tue29
- about €70.58Wed30
- about €77.73Thu1
- about €74.43Fri2
- about €66.73Sat3
- about €63.98Sun4
- about €57.38Mon5
- about €60.13Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Thessaloniki. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Thessaloniki for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Thessaloniki and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Budapest to Thessaloniki
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €58.4890 days
- €65.0860 days
- €63.9845 days
- €62.8830 days
- €60.1321 days
- €70.0314 days
- €96.437 days
- €117.883 days
- €159.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €58.48.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 172 percent. The dearest point is €159.13, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Budapest to Thessaloniki and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
848 km
823 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
1,741,041 → 317,778
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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
- 82% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 18% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 848 km against 823 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Velika Gorica, Bratislava, Belgrade, Volos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
The fare from SKG into Thessaloniki is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Thessaloniki
Settled in advance, so the ride into Thessaloniki costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Thessaloniki
Most of the points near Thessaloniki open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Budapest to Thessaloniki
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 it take to get from Budapest to Thessaloniki?
The fastest journey from Budapest to Thessaloniki takes 4h 39m door to door, of which 1h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 44m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Budapest to Thessaloniki?
The cheapest fare from Budapest to Thessaloniki is €57.38, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €118.44. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Budapest to Thessaloniki?
The cheapest way from Budapest to Thessaloniki is by flight, at €85.69 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 39m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Budapest to Thessaloniki?
Fares from Budapest to Thessaloniki bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €58.48. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 172 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Budapest to Thessaloniki?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Budapest to Thessaloniki, at €70.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Budapest to Thessaloniki?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Budapest to Thessaloniki, at €44.73 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Budapest to Thessaloniki?
3 operators sell services from Budapest to Thessaloniki across 1 mode: Ellinair, Ryanair, Wizz Air. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Budapest to Thessaloniki?
82 percent of the services we sell from Budapest to Thessaloniki are direct. The rest connect at Velika Gorica, Bratislava, Belgrade, Volos, with about 68 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Budapest to Thessaloniki use?
Services from Budapest to Thessaloniki by flight leave from Budapest BUD and arrive at Thessaloníki SKG. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Budapest to Thessaloniki?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Budapest to Thessaloniki allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Budapest to Thessaloniki on 15 September 2026: 848 km of route against 823 km in a straight line, 22 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €57.38, and 4h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Thessaloniki a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Thessaloniki and across Greece
Day trips that leave Thessaloniki in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
See Thessaloniki on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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The two ends, compared
Budapest reaches 249 places in 61 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 8,571 km. Thessaloniki reaches 108 places in 30 countries, from 55 to 3,237 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Budapest
- 249Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 98Operators
Arriving in Thessaloniki
Leaving Thessaloniki
- 108Places you can leave for
- 30Countries
- 52Operators