Budapest to Prague bus

Buses from Budapest to Prague start at €23.28 and take 6h 33m at their fastest.

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The Golden Portal use to be the main entrance to the cathedral. Bohemian royals entered through this portal on coronation day. The colorful mosaic above the portal was created in the fourteenth century by Venetian artisans and depicts The Last Judgment. St. Vitus Cathedral, dominates the skyline wherever you are in city. The cathedral was commissioned by Charles IV, and construction began in 1344. it took almost six centuries to complete, with the final phase of construction in the period 1873-1929. It is the largest and most important church in Prague, St. Vitus Cathedral has also been the site of the coronation of Czech kings and queens. The Great South Tower of the Cathedral was founded in the late 14th century, then reconstructed in the 16th and again in the 18th centuries. The tower holds the biggest bell in the Czech Republic, called Žikmund, which dates from the 16th century.

The Buses from Budapest to Prague starts at €23.28 and takes 6h 33m door to door, run by 2 operators over 444 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 33mDoor to door
  • 5h 49mMoving
  • €23.28From
  • 12.0 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€21.08
  1. FlixBus FB407410:006h 44m16:44Budapest NepligetPraha Florenc

Door to door 7h 28mCO2 12.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
FlixBus€21.08
Flixbus CEE South€21.63

The bus gets you into Prague. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Praha hlavni nadrazi

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Booking window

When to book Budapest to Prague

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

  1. €19.9890 days
  2. €18.8860 days
  3. €21.6345 days
  4. €20.5330 days
  5. €22.1821 days
  6. €23.2814 days
  7. €25.487 days
  8. €37.583 days
  9. €49.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 163 percent. The most expensive point is €49.68, 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. €28.23Sun
  2. €25.48Mon
  3. €24.93Tue
  4. €23.28Wed
  5. €32.08Thu
  6. €29.33Fri
  7. €30.98Sat
Terminals

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

Prague

Bus
  • Praha Florenc
  • Nádraží Modřany
The journey

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 444 km against 444 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Budapest at 06:21 and the last at 20:40, across 16 departures. 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

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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
Train3h 46m3h 2m44m€51.4914.7 kg24
Flight4h 9m59m3h 10m€47.34112.7 kg24
Coach6h 33m5h 49m44m€23.2812.0 kg16

Questions about Budapest to Prague

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 Prague take?

The Coach from Budapest to Prague takes 6h 33m door to door, of which 5h 49m is spent moving. The route runs 444 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 Prague cost?

The Coach from Budapest to Prague starts at €23.28 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €24.93. 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 Prague?

2 operators run the Coach from Budapest to Prague: FlixBus, Flixbus CEE South. Between them they file around 16 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 Prague use?

The Coach from Budapest to Prague leaves from Budapest Nepliget and arrives at Praha Florenc. 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 Prague?

Traveling from Budapest to Prague by Train costs €51.49 and takes 3h 46m door to door, against 6h 33m 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 Prague?

Fares for the Coach from Budapest to Prague bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 163 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Budapest to Prague produce?

The Coach from Budapest to Prague produces about 12.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 444 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 Prague?

Operators on the Coach from Budapest to Prague publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 33m 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 Prague on September 9, 2026: 444 km of route against 444 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.28, and 6h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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