Stockholm to Budapest runs about 32 times a day, with the first departure around 06:24 and the last around 20:54. One passenger pays between €58.48 and €132.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 17m over 1,346 km, on services run by 5 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€58.48 to €132.89
- 183%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Stockholm
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.
- 06:24First departure
- 20:54Last departure
- 32Services per day
- 100%Run direct
FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Stockholm to Budapest on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €123.38Mon14
- about €98.08Tue15
- about €109.08Wed16
- about €109.08Thu17
- about €104.68Fri18
- about €107.43Sat19
- about €109.63Sun20
- about €67.83Mon21
- about €65.63Tue22
- about €73.88Wed23
- about €95.88Thu24
- about €80.48Fri25
- about €83.23Sat26
- about €77.18Sun27
- about €58.48Mon28
- about €59.58Tue29
- about €60.13Wed30
- about €68.38Thu1
- about €67.28Fri2
- about €66.73Sat3
- about €60.13Sun4
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 Stockholm to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €66.7390 days
- €55.7360 days
- €49.1345 days
- €43.6330 days
- €60.1321 days
- €77.1814 days
- €109.637 days
- €109.083 days
- €123.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €43.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is €123.38, 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 Stockholm to Budapest and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,346 km
1,317 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
1,515,017 → 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
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,346 km against 1,317 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
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 Stockholm 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 Stockholm to Budapest?
The fastest journey from Stockholm to Budapest takes 5h 17m door to door, of which 2h 7m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 9h 10m, 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 Stockholm to Budapest?
The cheapest fare from Stockholm to Budapest is €58.48, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €163.57. 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 Stockholm to Budapest?
The cheapest way from Stockholm to Budapest is by coach, at €65.63 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 17h 51m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Stockholm to Budapest?
The fastest way from Stockholm to Budapest is by flight, at 5h 17m door to door. Only 2h 7m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €132.89.
When should I book Stockholm to Budapest?
Fares from Stockholm to Budapest bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €43.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 183 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 Stockholm to Budapest?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Stockholm to Budapest, at €65.63. 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 Stockholm to Budapest?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Stockholm to Budapest, 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 Stockholm to Budapest?
5 operators sell services from Stockholm to Budapest across 2 modes: FlixBus, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Norwegian Air Sweden, 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 Stockholm to Budapest?
Every service we sell from Stockholm to Budapest is direct, with around 44 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 17m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Stockholm to Budapest produce?
Travelling from Stockholm to Budapest by coach produces about 35.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 333.8 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Stockholm to Budapest use?
Services from Stockholm to Budapest by flight leave from Stockholm ARN 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 Stockholm to Budapest?
1 of the 5 operators we sell from Stockholm 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 Stockholm to Budapest on 13 September 2026: 1346 km of route against 1317 km in a straight line, 44 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €58.48, and 5h 17m 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
Stockholm reaches 225 places in 55 countries on services we hold, over distances from 18 to 8,801 km. Budapest reaches 249 places in 61 countries, from 51 to 8,571 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Stockholm
- 225Places you can leave for
- 55Countries
- 91Operators
Arriving in Budapest
Leaving Budapest
- 249Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 98Operators