Budapest to Stockholm bus

Buses from Budapest to Stockholm start at €65.63 and take 17h 50m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Budapest to Stockholm starts at €65.63 and takes 17h 50m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,317 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 17h 50mDoor to door
  • 17h 6mMoving
  • €65.63From
  • 35.6 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€58.48
  1. FlixBus FB727909:0318h 30m03:33Budapest NepligetStockholm Cityterminalen

Door to door 19h 14mCO2 35.6 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€58.4817h 47m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

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A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Stockholm Centralstation

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Booking window

When to book Budapest to Stockholm

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

  1. €71.1390 days
  2. €45.8360 days
  3. €44.7345 days
  4. €45.8330 days
  5. €66.7321 days
  6. €70.0314 days
  7. €86.537 days
  8. €79.933 days
  9. €115.681 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €44.73.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 159 percent. The most expensive point is €115.68, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €88.18Sun
  2. €67.83Mon
  3. €65.63Tue
  4. €73.88Wed
  5. €95.88Thu
  6. €80.48Fri
  7. €70.03Sat
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

Stockholm

Bus
  • Stockholm Cityterminalen
  • Liljeholmen
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 1,317 km against 1,317 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 06:50 and the last at 20:50, across 12 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
Flight5h 17m2h 7m3h 10m€132.89333.8 kg32
Coach17h 50m17h 6m44m€65.6335.6 kg12

Questions about Budapest to Stockholm

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 Stockholm take?

The Coach from Budapest to Stockholm takes 17h 50m door to door, of which 17h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 1,317 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 Stockholm cost?

The Coach from Budapest to Stockholm starts at €65.63 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €71.41. 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 Stockholm?

1 operators run the Coach from Budapest to Stockholm: FlixBus. Between them they file around 12 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 Stockholm use?

The Coach from Budapest to Stockholm leaves from Budapest Nepliget and arrives at Stockholm Cityterminalen. 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 Stockholm?

Traveling from Budapest to Stockholm by Flight costs €132.89 and takes 5h 17m door to door, against 17h 50m 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 Stockholm?

Fares for the Coach from Budapest to Stockholm bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €44.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 159 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Budapest to Stockholm produces about 35.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1317 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 Stockholm?

Operators on the Coach from Budapest to Stockholm publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 17h 50m 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 Stockholm on September 12, 2026: 1317 km of route against 1317 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €65.63, and 17h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

Being on the water gives Stockholm a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

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