Cheapest€96.31
- Aegean Airlines AA688208:452h 6m10:51Athens ATHBudapest BUD
Door to door 5h 16mCO2 284.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Athens to Budapest flight
Flights from Athens to Budapest start at €113.42 and take 5h 2m at their fastest.
The Flights from Athens to Budapest starts at €113.42 and takes 5h 2m door to door, run by 4 operators over 1,158 km, with around 28 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 2mDoor to door
- 1h 52mMoving
- €113.42From
- 284.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€116.96
- Smartwings S982710:511h 52m12:43Athens ATHBudapest BUD
Door to door 5h 2mCO2 284.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Aegean Airlines | €96.31 |
 Ryanair | €101.62 |
| Smartwings | €98.67 |
 Wizz Air | €99.85 |
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Rooms within reach of Budapest Keleti
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When to book Athens to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €98.0890 days
- €75.6660 days
- €93.3645 days
- €105.7530 days
- €117.5521 days
- €152.3614 days
- €189.537 days
- €200.743 days
- €246.761 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €75.66.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 226 percent. The most expensive point is €246.76, 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.
- €133.48Sun
- €115.78Mon
- €113.42Tue
- €121.09Wed
- €152.36Thu
- €143.51Fri
- €147.05Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Athens
Air
- ATH
Budapest
Air
- BUD
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 1,158 km against 1,125 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Athens at 06:41 and the last at 19:58, across 28 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Athens 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 Flight from Athens to Budapest take?
The Flight from Athens to Budapest takes 5h 2m door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 1,158 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 Flight from Athens to Budapest cost?
The Flight from Athens to Budapest starts at €113.42 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €120.50. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Athens to Budapest?
4 operators run the Flight from Athens to Budapest: Aegean Airlines, Ryanair, Smartwings, Wizz Air. Between them they file around 28 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 Flight from Athens to Budapest use?
The Flight from Athens to Budapest leaves from Athens ATH and arrives at Budapest BUD. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Flight from Athens to Budapest?
Fares for the Flight from Athens to Budapest bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €75.66. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 226 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Athens to Budapest produce?
The Flight from Athens to Budapest produces about 284.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1158 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
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 Athens to Budapest on September 10, 2026: 1158 km of route against 1125 km in a straight line, 28 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €113.42, and 5h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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