Budapest to Skopje bus
Buses from Budapest to Skopje start at $35.38.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Budapest to Skopje on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Budapest to Skopje starts at $35.38, run by 2 operators over 641 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 11h 22mDoor to door
- 8h 56mMoving
- $35.38 to $79.67From
- 21.8 kgCO2
11h 22m
8h 56m
$35.38 to $79.67
21.8 kg$35.38 to $79.67 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.
12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this trip
Pick a departure for Budapest to Skopje and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about $74.21Wed7
- about $79.67Thu8
- about $69.35Fri9
- about $62.68Sat10
- about $57.82Sun11
- about $56.61Mon12
- about $40.84Tue13
- about $42.05Wed14
- about $59.65Thu15
- about $51.16Fri16
- about $51.16Sat17
- about $54.79Sun18
- about $49.34Mon19
- about $35.38Tue20
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
Bus operators
The bus gets you into Skopje. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Skopje for the night the bus gets in
Sort by distance from Skopje and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Budapest to Skopje
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $32.9690 days
- $44.4960 days
- $35.3845 days
- $39.0230 days
- $37.2021 days
- $35.3814 days
- $40.847 days
- $69.353 days
- $74.211 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $32.96.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 125 percent. The most expensive point is $74.21, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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.
- $54.79Sun
- $49.34Mon
- $37.20Tue
- $42.66Wed
- $59.65Thu
- $51.16Fri
- $51.16Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Budapest
Bus- Budapest Nepliget
- Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás
Skopje
- Skopje Avtobuska stanica
- Skopje Bus Station
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 641 km against 640 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 Belgrade. The gap between arriving and leaving is 102 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.
Questions about Budapest to Skopje
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 Skopje take?
The Coach from Budapest to Skopje covers 641 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does the Coach from Budapest to Skopje cost?
The Coach from Budapest to Skopje starts at $35.38 for one passenger, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare is $35.38. 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 Skopje?
2 operators run the Coach from Budapest to Skopje: FlixBus, Fudeks. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Budapest to Skopje use?
The Coach from Budapest to Skopje leaves from Budapest Kelenföld bus station and arrives at Skopje Avtobuska stanica. 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.
When should I book the Coach from Budapest to Skopje?
Fares for the Coach from Budapest to Skopje bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $32.96. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 125 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Budapest to Skopje produce?
The Coach from Budapest to Skopje produces about 21.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 641 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 Skopje?
Operators on the Coach from Budapest to Skopje publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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
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