Cheapest€34.28
- Flixbus CEE South FC753710:4712h 16m23:03Frankfurt SudbahnhofBudapest Nepliget
Door to door 13hCO2 21.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Frankfurt am Main to Budapest bus
Buses from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest start at €34.83 and take 11h 35m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Frankfurt am Main to Budapest on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest starts at €34.83 and takes 11h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 811 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 11h 35mDoor to door
- 10h 51mMoving
- €34.83 to €87.08From
- 06:42 to 19:59First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 21.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€34.83 to €87.08 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €69.48Wed16
- about €87.08Thu17
- about €62.88Fri18
- about €64.53Sat19
- about €62.88Sun20
- about €60.68Mon21
- about €41.98Tue22
- about €45.28Wed23
- about €57.38Thu24
- about €51.33Fri25
- about €56.28Sat26
- about €52.98Sun27
- about €46.93Mon28
- about €34.83Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flixbus CEE South | €34.28 | 11h 16m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
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When to book Frankfurt am Main to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €35.9390 days
- €34.8360 days
- €37.0345 days
- €38.1330 days
- €34.2821 days
- €34.8314 days
- €41.987 days
- €62.883 days
- €69.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €34.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 103 percent. The most expensive point is €69.48, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €52.98Sun
- €46.93Mon
- €34.83Tue
- €45.28Wed
- €57.38Thu
- €51.33Fri
- €56.28Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Frankfurt am Main
Bus
- Frankfurt Sudbahnhof
- Südbahnhof
Budapest
Bus
- Budapest Nepliget
- Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 811 km against 811 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bratislava, Floridsdorf. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 Frankfurt am Main at 06:42 and the last at 19:59, 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 38m | 1h 28m | 3h 10m | €71.53 | 205.7 kg | 15 |
| Coach | 11h 35m | 10h 51m | 44m | €34.83 | 21.9 kg | 8 |
Questions about Frankfurt am Main to Budapest
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 Frankfurt am Main to Budapest take?
The Coach from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest takes 11h 35m door to door, of which 10h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 811 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 Frankfurt am Main to Budapest cost?
The Coach from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest starts at €34.83 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €40.88. 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 Frankfurt am Main to Budapest?
1 operators run the Coach from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest: Flixbus CEE South. 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 Frankfurt am Main to Budapest use?
The Coach from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest leaves from Frankfurt Sudbahnhof and arrives at Budapest Nepliget. 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 Frankfurt am Main to Budapest?
Traveling from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest by Flight costs €71.53 and takes 4h 38m door to door, against 11h 35m 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 Frankfurt am Main to Budapest?
Fares for the Coach from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €34.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 103 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest produce?
The Coach from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest produces about 21.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 811 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 Frankfurt am Main to Budapest?
Operators on the Coach from Frankfurt am Main to Budapest publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 35m 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Frankfurt am Main to Budapest on September 15, 2026: 811 km of route against 811 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €34.83, and 11h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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