Trieste to Budapest runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €23.28, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 39m over 452 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €23.28, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€23.28
- 204%Moves across the booking window
204%When it runs, leaving Trieste
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:50First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
06:50
07:30
5
20%Departure times on this route
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €52.43Fri25
- about €60.13Sat26
- about €44.18Sun27
- about €33.18Mon28
- about €33.18Tue29
- about €32.08Wed30
- about €32.63Thu1
- about €33.18Fri2
- about €31.53Sat3
- about €30.43Sun4
- about €23.83Mon5
- about €23.28Tue6
- about €26.58Wed7
- about €32.63Thu8
- about €24.38Fri9
- about €24.93Sat10
- about €28.78Sun11
- about €25.48Mon12
- about €24.93Tue13
- about €27.13Wed14
- about €33.18Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Budapest. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Budapest for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Trieste to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €23.8390 days
- €17.2360 days
- €19.9845 days
- €24.9330 days
- €33.1821 days
- €32.6314 days
- €32.637 days
- €44.183 days
- €52.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €17.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 204 percent. The dearest point is €52.43, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Trieste 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
452 km
452 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
204,338 → 1,741,041
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 452 km against 452 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ljubljana, Maribor, Zagreb, Székesfehérvár. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 coach 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 Trieste 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 Trieste to Budapest?
The fastest journey from Trieste to Budapest takes 6h 39m door to door, of which 6h 29m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 7h 4m, 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 Trieste to Budapest?
The cheapest fare from Trieste to Budapest is €23.28, as of 24 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.53. 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 Trieste to Budapest?
The cheapest way from Trieste to Budapest is by coach, at €23.28 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 13m 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 Trieste to Budapest?
Fares from Trieste to Budapest bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €17.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 204 percent, measured on 24 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Trieste to Budapest?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Trieste to Budapest, at €24.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 24 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Trieste to Budapest?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Trieste to Budapest, at €17.78 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 Trieste to Budapest?
1 operators sell services from Trieste to Budapest across 1 mode: FlixBus. 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 Trieste to Budapest?
20 percent of the services we sell from Trieste to Budapest are direct. The rest connect at Ljubljana, Maribor, Zagreb, Székesfehérvár, with about 57 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 Trieste to Budapest use?
Services from Trieste to Budapest by coach leave from Trieste Autostazione and arrive at Budapest Nepliget. Allow about 44m 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 Trieste to Budapest?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Trieste 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Trieste to Budapest on 24 September 2026: 452 km of route against 452 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.28, and 6h 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 Budapest a set of days out that do not start at a station.
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The two ends, compared
Trieste reaches 130 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 21 to 1,328 km. Budapest reaches 280 places in 69 countries, from 51 to 9,685 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Trieste
- 130Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 7Operators
15
7Arriving in Budapest
Leaving Budapest
- 280Places you can leave for
- 69Countries
- 98Operators