Cheapest€28.78
- FlixBus FB641510:489h 18m20:06Budapest NepligetBucuresti Autogara Filaret
Door to door 10h 2mCO2 17.4 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Budapest to Bucharest bus
Buses from Budapest to Bucharest start at €28.78 and take 9h 9m at their fastest.
The Buses from Budapest to Bucharest starts at €28.78 and takes 9h 9m door to door, run by 1 operator over 643 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 9h 9mDoor to door
- 8h 25mMoving
- €28.78From
- 17.4 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €28.78 | 9h 7m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Bucharest. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Bucharest
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When to book Budapest to Bucharest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.7390 days
- €27.6860 days
- €30.4345 days
- €31.5330 days
- €31.5321 days
- €28.7814 days
- €33.737 days
- €57.933 days
- €56.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 109 percent. The most expensive point is €57.93, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €40.88Sun
- €38.68Mon
- €31.53Tue
- €35.93Wed
- €45.83Thu
- €41.98Fri
- €49.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Budapest
Bus
- Budapest Nepliget
- Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás
Bucharest
Bus
- Bucuresti Autogara Filaret
- Memento Bus
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 643 km against 643 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Budapest at 06:22 and the last at 20:04, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 25m | 1h 15m | 3h 10m | €59.73 | 163.1 kg | 18 |
| Coach | 9h 9m | 8h 25m | 44m | €28.78 | 17.4 kg | 8 |
Questions about Budapest to Bucharest
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 Bucharest take?
The Coach from Budapest to Bucharest takes 9h 9m door to door, of which 8h 25m is spent moving. The route runs 643 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 Bucharest cost?
The Coach from Budapest to Bucharest starts at €28.78 for one passenger, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €32.91. 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 Bucharest?
1 operators run the Coach from Budapest to Bucharest: FlixBus. Between them they file around 8 departures 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 Bucharest use?
The Coach from Budapest to Bucharest leaves from Budapest Nepliget and arrives at Bucuresti Autogara Filaret. 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 Bucharest?
Traveling from Budapest to Bucharest by Flight costs €59.73 and takes 4h 25m door to door, against 9h 9m 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 Bucharest?
Fares for the Coach from Budapest to Bucharest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Budapest to Bucharest produce?
The Coach from Budapest to Bucharest produces about 17.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 643 km, which works out at roughly 27 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 Bucharest?
Operators on the Coach from Budapest to Bucharest publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 9h 9m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Budapest to Bucharest on September 8, 2026: 643 km of route against 643 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.78, and 9h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Bucharest is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Bucharest
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Bucharest, with free cancellation on most of it.
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