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Budapest IV. kerület to Prague

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague. From €56.44, fastest 4h 13m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Budapest IV. kerület to Prague runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €60.29 and €71.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 13m over 509 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€60.29 to €71.84

  • 167%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Budapest IV. kerület

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:52First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Magyar Államvasutak runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Trainline lists departures for Budapest IV. kerület to Prague on your date, and you pay on their side.

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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 €134.54Tue15
  2. about €140.04Wed16
  3. about €131.79Thu17
  4. about €105.94Fri18
  5. about €109.79Sat19
  6. about €107.59Sun20
  7. about €80.09Mon21
  8. about €72.94Tue22
  9. about €82.29Wed23
  10. about €92.74Thu24
  11. about €93.29Fri25
  12. about €81.19Sat26
  13. about €86.69Sun27
  14. about €71.84Mon28
  15. about €60.29Tue29
  16. about €63.04Wed30
  17. about €73.49Thu1
  18. about €61.39Fri2
  19. about €74.04Sat3
  20. about €63.59Sun4
  21. about €56.44Mon5

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Prague. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Prague for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Praha hlavni nadrazi and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Budapest IV. kerület to Prague

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

  1. €65.2490 days
  2. €65.7960 days
  3. €61.3945 days
  4. €50.3930 days
  5. €56.4421 days
  6. €71.8414 days
  7. €80.097 days
  8. €131.793 days
  9. €134.541 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €50.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 167 percent. The most expensive point is €134.54, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€134.54€50.391371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Budapest IV. kerület to Prague and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

509 km

442 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

98,3741,165,581

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Budapest IV. kerületBudapest IV. kerületPraguePrague
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 509 km against 442 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 Bratislava, Petržalka, Győr, Brno. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.

Prague is large, and the road in from PRG 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 Prague

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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 Praha hlavni nadrazi

Most of the points near Praha hlavni nadrazi open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Budapest IV. kerület to Prague

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 Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

The fastest journey from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague takes 4h 13m door to door, of which 4h 1m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 27m, 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 Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

The cheapest fare from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague is €56.44, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €86.69. 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 Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

The cheapest way from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague is by train, at €71.84 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 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 Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

Fares from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €50.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 167 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague, at €71.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague, at €45.44 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 Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

1 operators sell services from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague across 1 mode: Magyar Államvasutak. 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 Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

20 percent of the services we sell from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague are direct. The rest connect at Bratislava, Petržalka, Győr, Brno, with about 65 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 Budapest IV. kerület to Prague use?

Services from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague by train leave from Budapest IV. kerület station and arrive at Praha hlavni nadrazi. Allow about 44m 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 Budapest IV. kerület to Prague?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Budapest IV. kerület to Prague 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.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Budapest IV. kerület to Prague on September 14, 2026: 509 km of route against 442 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €56.44, and 4h 13m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Prague a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Prague and across Czechia

Day trips that leave Prague in the morning and cover a good part of Czechia by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Budapest IV. kerület reaches 14 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 442 km. Prague reaches 278 places in 56 countries, from 69 to 9,106 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Budapest IV. kerület

  • 14Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 8Operators

Arriving in Prague

Leaving Prague

  • 278Places you can leave for
  • 56Countries
  • 101Operators

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