Cheapest€39.78
- FlixBus FB865506:3111h 37m18:08Plovdiv YugBudapest Nepliget
Door to door 12h 21mCO2 23.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Plovdiv to Budapest bus
Buses from Plovdiv to Budapest start at €44.73 and take 12h 21m at their fastest.
The Buses from Plovdiv to Budapest starts at €44.73 and takes 12h 21m door to door, run by 2 operators over 857 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 12h 21mDoor to door
- 11h 37mMoving
- €44.73From
- 23.1 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€79.93
- FlixBus FB169707:302h 18m09:48Plovdiv YugSofia Central Bus Station
- Bulgaria Air BA975111:101h 14m12:24Sofia SOFBudapest BUD
Changes at Sofia, with 82 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 6h 51mCO2 164.0 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €39.78 | 11h 53m |
| Florentia Bus Sofia OOD | €44.73 | 11h 56m |
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When to book Plovdiv to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €41.4390 days
- €34.8360 days
- €38.1345 days
- €37.5830 days
- €39.7821 days
- €49.6814 days
- €48.587 days
- €71.133 days
- €93.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 167 percent. The most expensive point is €93.13, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €55.18Sun
- €51.33Mon
- €44.73Tue
- €48.58Wed
- €63.43Thu
- €62.33Fri
- €61.78Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Plovdiv
Bus
- Plovdiv Yug
- Автогара Юг
Budapest
Bus
- Budapest Nepliget
- Budapest, Kelenföld vasútállomás
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 857 km against 745 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Craiova, Timişoara, Sofia, Szeged. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Plovdiv at 06:15 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Plovdiv 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 Plovdiv to Budapest take?
The Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest takes 12h 21m door to door, of which 11h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 857 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 Plovdiv to Budapest cost?
The Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest starts at €44.73 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €54.08. 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 Plovdiv to Budapest?
2 operators run the Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest: FlixBus, Florentia Bus Sofia OOD. Between them they file around 6 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 Plovdiv to Budapest use?
The Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest leaves from Plovdiv Yug 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.
When should I book the Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest?
Fares for the Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.83. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest produce?
The Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest produces about 23.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 857 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 Plovdiv to Budapest?
Operators on the Coach from Plovdiv to Budapest publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 21m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Plovdiv to Budapest on September 9, 2026: 857 km of route against 745 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €44.73, and 12h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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