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Baia Mare to Budapest

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Baia Mare to Budapest. From €29.49, fastest 5h 40m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Baia Mare to Budapest runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €29.49, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 40m over 540 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €29.49, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€29.49

  • 232%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Baia Mare

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €90.54Thu24
  2. about €75.69Fri25
  3. about €76.79Sat26
  4. about €62.49Sun27
  5. about €47.64Mon28
  6. about €51.49Tue29
  7. about €60.84Wed30
  8. about €51.49Thu1
  9. about €46.54Fri2
  10. about €41.04Sat3
  11. about €38.84Sun4
  12. about €38.29Mon5
  13. about €35.54Tue6
  14. about €39.94Wed7
  15. about €39.94Thu8
  16. about €42.69Fri9
  17. about €45.44Sat10
  18. about €38.84Sun11
  19. about €31.14Mon12
  20. about €29.49Tue13
  21. about €34.44Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Budapest. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Budapest for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Budapest Keleti and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Baia Mare to Budapest

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

  1. €32.2490 days
  2. €27.2960 days
  3. €30.0445 days
  4. €34.9930 days
  5. €34.4421 days
  6. €39.9414 days
  7. €60.847 days
  8. €76.793 days
  9. €90.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €27.29.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 232 percent. The most expensive point is €90.54, 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.
€90.54€27.29137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Baia Mare to Budapest and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

540 km

340 km as the crow flies, 59% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

108,7591,741,041

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

RomaniaHungaryUkraineSlovakiaAustriaViennaViennaBratislavaBratislavaCluj-NapocaCluj-NapocaChernivtsiChernivtsiIvano-FrankivskIvano-FrankivskKošiceKošiceTârgu MureşTârgu MureşOradeaOradeaAradAradSzegedSzegedMiskolcMiskolcGyőrGyőrNyíregyházaNyíregyházaUzhhorodUzhhorodSatu MareSatu MareKecskemétKecskemétBaia MareBaia MareBudapestBudapestMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 540 km against 340 km in a straight line, a detour of 59 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cluj-Napoca, Târgu Mureş. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 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.

Budapest is large, and the road in from BUD can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Budapest

Settled in advance, so the ride into Budapest costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Budapest Keleti

Most of the points near Budapest Keleti open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Baia Mare 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 it take to get from Baia Mare to Budapest?

The fastest journey from Baia Mare to Budapest takes 5h 40m door to door, of which 2h 17m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 50m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Baia Mare to Budapest?

The cheapest fare from Baia Mare to Budapest is €29.49, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.62. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Baia Mare to Budapest?

The cheapest way from Baia Mare to Budapest is by train, at €29.49 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 5h 45m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Baia Mare to Budapest?

Fares from Baia Mare to Budapest bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €27.29. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 232 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Baia Mare to Budapest?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Baia Mare to Budapest, at €35.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Baia Mare to Budapest?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Baia Mare to Budapest, at €25.64 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Baia Mare to Budapest?

3 operators sell services from Baia Mare to Budapest across 1 mode: CFR Călători, FlixBus, Wizz Air. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Baia Mare to Budapest?

0 percent of the services we sell from Baia Mare to Budapest are direct. The rest connect at Cluj-Napoca, Târgu Mureş, with about 74 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Baia Mare to Budapest use?

Services from Baia Mare to Budapest by train leave from Baia Mare railway station and arrive at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport BUD. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Baia Mare to Budapest?

2 of the 3 operators we sell from Baia Mare to Budapest allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Baia Mare to Budapest on September 23, 2026: 540 km of route against 340 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €29.49, and 5h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Baia Mare reaches 18 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 55 to 2,437 km. Budapest reaches 280 places in 69 countries, from 51 to 9,685 km.

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  • 4Countries
  • 5Operators

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