Reykjavik to Budapest runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:43 and the last around 16:55. One passenger pays between €257.97 and €316.97, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 32m over 3,163 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€257.97 to €316.97
- 184%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Reykjavik
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.
- 06:43First departure
- 16:55Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €565.95Mon14
- about €447.36Tue15
- about €505.77Wed16
- about €599.58Thu17
- about €466.83Fri18
- about €523.47Sat19
- about €445.00Sun20
- about €316.97Mon21
- about €328.77Tue22
- about €337.62Wed23
- about €413.14Thu24
- about €380.10Fri25
- about €379.51Sat26
- about €395.44Sun27
- about €257.97Mon28
- about €267.41Tue29
- about €273.90Wed30
- about €349.42Thu1
- about €292.19Fri2
- about €310.48Sat3
- about €295.73Sun4
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 Budapest. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Budapest for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Budapest Keleti and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Reykjavik to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €326.4190 days
- €253.8460 days
- €219.6245 days
- €198.9730 days
- €295.7321 days
- €395.4414 days
- €445.007 days
- €505.773 days
- €565.951 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €198.97.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 184 percent. The dearest point is €565.95, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Reykjavik to Budapest and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
3,163 km
3,071 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
118,918 → 1,741,041
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,163 km against 3,071 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 Berlin, Hamburg, Schkeuditz, Prague. The gap between arriving and leaving is 72 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
Budapest is large, and the road in from BUD can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Budapest
Settled in advance, so the ride into Budapest 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 Budapest Keleti
Most of the points near Budapest Keleti open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Reykjavik 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 it take to get from Reykjavik to Budapest?
The fastest journey from Reykjavik to Budapest takes 7h 32m door to door, of which 4h 24m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 49m, 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 Reykjavik to Budapest?
The cheapest fare from Reykjavik to Budapest is €257.97, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €411.08. 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 Reykjavik to Budapest?
The cheapest way from Reykjavik to Budapest is by flight, at €316.97 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 7h 34m 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 Reykjavik to Budapest?
Fares from Reykjavik to Budapest bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €198.97. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 184 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Reykjavik to Budapest?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Reykjavik to Budapest, at €316.97. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Reykjavik to Budapest?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Reykjavik to Budapest, at €197.20 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 Reykjavik to Budapest?
2 operators sell services from Reykjavik to Budapest across 1 mode: Smartwings, 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 Reykjavik to Budapest?
60 percent of the services we sell from Reykjavik to Budapest are direct. The rest connect at Berlin, Hamburg, Schkeuditz, Prague, with about 72 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 Reykjavik to Budapest use?
Services from Reykjavik to Budapest by flight leave from Reykjavík KEF and arrive at Budapest BUD. 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 Reykjavik to Budapest?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Reykjavik to Budapest 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 Reykjavik to Budapest on 13 September 2026: 3163 km of route against 3071 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €257.97, and 7h 32m 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 Budapest a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Budapest and across Hungary
Day trips that leave Budapest in the morning and cover a good part of Hungary by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Reykjavik reaches 78 places in 26 countries on services we hold, over distances from 249 to 6,027 km. Budapest reaches 249 places in 61 countries, from 51 to 8,571 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Reykjavik
- 78Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 31Operators
Arriving in Budapest
Leaving Budapest
- 249Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 98Operators