Nuremberg to Budapest bus

Buses from Nuremberg to Budapest start at €32.08 and take 9h 5m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Nuremberg to Budapest starts at €32.08 and takes 9h 5m door to door, run by 1 operator over 626 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 9h 5mDoor to door
  • 8h 21mMoving
  • €32.08From
  • 16.9 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€28.78
  1. Flixbus CEE South FC239610:089h 3m19:11Nurnberg ZOBBudapest Nepliget

Door to door 9h 47mCO2 16.9 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 CEE South€28.788h 55m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi

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Booking window

When to book Nuremberg to Budapest

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

  1. €27.6890 days
  2. €25.4860 days
  3. €29.8845 days
  4. €33.1830 days
  5. €35.9321 days
  6. €32.0814 days
  7. €40.337 days
  8. €53.533 days
  9. €73.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.48.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 188 percent. The most expensive point is €73.33, 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. €43.08Sun
  2. €34.28Mon
  3. €32.63Tue
  4. €35.93Wed
  5. €45.83Thu
  6. €41.43Fri
  7. €40.88Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Nuremberg

Bus
  • Nurnberg ZOB
  • Central bus station Nuremberg

Budapest

Bus
  • Budapest Nepliget
  • Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás
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.

Direct or connecting
78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 626 km against 626 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Donaustadt, Floridsdorf, Vienna, Favoriten. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Nuremberg at 06:21 and the last at 18:34, across 5 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
Flight4h 23m1h 13m3h 10m€64.45158.4 kg6
Train4h 59m4h 15m44m€86.6920.7 kg7
Coach9h 5m8h 21m44m€32.0816.9 kg5

Questions about Nuremberg 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 Nuremberg to Budapest take?

The Coach from Nuremberg to Budapest takes 9h 5m door to door, of which 8h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 626 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 Nuremberg to Budapest cost?

The Coach from Nuremberg to Budapest starts at €32.08 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €39.23. 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 Nuremberg to Budapest?

1 operators run the Coach from Nuremberg to Budapest: Flixbus CEE South. Between them they file around 5 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 Nuremberg to Budapest use?

The Coach from Nuremberg to Budapest leaves from Nurnberg ZOB 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 Nuremberg to Budapest?

Traveling from Nuremberg to Budapest by Flight costs €64.45 and takes 4h 23m door to door, against 9h 5m 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 Nuremberg to Budapest?

Fares for the Coach from Nuremberg to Budapest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €25.48. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 188 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Coach from Nuremberg to Budapest produces about 16.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 626 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 Nuremberg to Budapest?

Operators on the Coach from Nuremberg 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 9h 5m 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 Nuremberg to Budapest on September 9, 2026: 626 km of route against 626 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.08, and 9h 5m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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