Budapest to Baia Mare bus

Buses from Budapest to Baia Mare start at €29.88 and take 8h 11m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Budapest to Baia Mare starts at €29.88 and takes 8h 11m door to door, run by 2 operators over 468 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 11mDoor to door
  • 5h 57mMoving
  • €37.58 to €78.83From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 1Per day
  • 15.8 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 13, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€37.58 to €78.83 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €67.83Fri25
  2. about €78.83Sat26
  3. about €56.28Sun27
  4. about €48.58Mon28
  5. about €51.33Tue29
  6. about €53.53Wed30
  7. about €46.93Thu1
  8. about €48.03Fri2
  9. about €45.28Sat3
  10. about €48.03Sun4
  11. about €37.58Mon5
  12. about €38.68Tue6
  13. about €39.78Wed7
  14. about €46.93Thu8

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 13, 2026

Cheapest€29.88
  1. FlixBus FB276407:304h 59m13:29Budapest NepligetCluj Napoca Autogara Beta
  2. CFR Călători CF138314:5958m15:57Cluj NapocaBaia Mare railway station

Changes at Cluj-Napoca, with 90 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 8h 11mCO2 15.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
CFR Călători140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi

The bus gets you into Baia Mare. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Baia Mare for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Baia Mare railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Budapest to Baia Mare

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €39.2390 days
  2. €27.1360 days
  3. €34.8345 days
  4. €36.4830 days
  5. €46.9321 days
  6. €46.9314 days
  7. €46.937 days
  8. €56.283 days
  9. €67.831 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 150 percent. The most expensive point is €67.83, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €48.03Sun
  2. €38.13Mon
  3. €38.68Tue
  4. €39.78Wed
  5. €46.93Thu
  6. €48.03Fri
  7. €45.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Budapest

Bus
  • Budapest Nepliget
  • Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás

Baia Mare

Bus
  • Autogara Fany
  • autogara
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 468 km against 340 km in a straight line, a detour of 59 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Târgu Mureş, Cluj-Napoca. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 14 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Budapest at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 1 departure The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 13m2h 19m2h 54m€57.9698.3 kg1
Coach8h 11m5h 57m2h 14m€29.8815.8 kg1

Questions about Budapest to Baia Mare

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare take?

The Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare takes 8h 11m door to door, of which 5h 57m is spent moving. The route runs 468 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 Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare cost?

The Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare starts at €29.88 for one passenger, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare is €29.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare?

2 operators run the Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare: FlixBus, CFR Călători. Between them they file around 1 departure 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 Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare use?

The Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare leaves from Budapest Nepliget and arrives at Baia Mare railway station. Allow about 44m 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 Coach the best way from Budapest to Baia Mare?

Traveling from Budapest to Baia Mare by Flight costs €57.96 and takes 5h 13m door to door, against 8h 11m by Coach. 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 Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare?

Fares for the Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.13. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 150 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare produce?

The Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare produces about 15.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 468 km, which works out at roughly 34 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare?

Operators on the Coach from Budapest to Baia Mare publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 11m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Budapest to Baia Mare on September 24, 2026: 468 km of route against 340 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €29.88, and 8h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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