Cheapest€12.28
- FlixBus FB366506:503h 2m09:52Wien ErdbergBudapest Nepliget
Door to door 3h 46mCO2 5.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Vienna to Budapest bus
Buses from Vienna to Budapest start at €13.93 and take 3h 37m at their fastest.
The Buses from Vienna to Budapest starts at €13.93 and takes 3h 37m door to door, run by 2 operators over 214 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 37mDoor to door
- 2h 53mMoving
- €13.93From
- 5.8 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 FlixBus | 3h 36m |
| Flixbus CEE South | 3h 35m |
The bus gets you into Budapest. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Vienna to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.7390 days
- €11.7360 days
- €12.2845 days
- €12.2830 days
- €13.3821 days
- €14.4814 days
- €17.787 days
- €23.283 days
- €29.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €29.88, 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.
- €15.58Sun
- €16.13Mon
- €13.93Tue
- €14.48Wed
- €17.78Thu
- €17.23Fri
- €17.23Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Vienna
Bus
- Wien Erdberg
- Vienna International Busterminal
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
- 96% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 4% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 214 km against 214 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 Petržalka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 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 Vienna at 06:50 and the last at 17:06, across 6 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 2h 16m | 1h 32m | 44m | €28.39 | 7.1 kg | 16 |
| Coach | 3h 37m | 2h 53m | 44m | €13.93 | 5.8 kg | 6 |
| Flight | 3h 52m | 42m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 54.4 kg | 2 |
Questions about Vienna 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 Vienna to Budapest take?
The Coach from Vienna to Budapest takes 3h 37m door to door, of which 2h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 214 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 Vienna to Budapest cost?
The Coach from Vienna to Budapest starts at €13.93 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €14.76. 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 Vienna to Budapest?
2 operators run the Coach from Vienna to Budapest: FlixBus, Flixbus CEE South. 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 Vienna to Budapest use?
The Coach from Vienna to Budapest leaves from Wien Erdberg 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 Vienna to Budapest?
Traveling from Vienna to Budapest by Train costs €28.39 and takes 2h 16m door to door, against 3h 37m 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 Vienna to Budapest?
Fares for the Coach from Vienna to Budapest bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Vienna to Budapest produce?
The Coach from Vienna to Budapest produces about 5.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 214 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 Vienna to Budapest?
Operators on the Coach from Vienna 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 3h 37m 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 Vienna to Budapest on September 9, 2026: 214 km of route against 214 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.93, and 3h 37m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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