Budapest to Banská Bystrica runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:20 and the last around 06:20. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 46m over 142 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€31.41
- 99%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Budapest
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.
- 06:20First departure
- 06:20Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €40.85Sat19
- about €39.67Sun20
- about €32.00Mon21
- about €31.41Tue22
- about €32.00Wed23
- about €35.54Thu24
- about €32.00Fri25
- about €31.41Sat26
- about €31.41Sun27
- about €28.23Mon28
- about €25.48Tue29
- about €28.78Wed30
- about €31.41Thu1
- about €29.33Fri2
- about €28.23Sat3
- about €23.83Sun4
- about €22.18Mon5
- about €22.72Tue6
- about €22.72Wed7
- about €31.41Thu8
- about €23.83Fri9
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 flight gets you into Banská Bystrica. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Banská Bystrica for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Budapest to Banská Bystrica
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.7890 days
- €21.6260 days
- €20.5245 days
- €21.0730 days
- €23.8321 days
- €29.3314 days
- €32.007 days
- €32.003 days
- €40.851 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.52.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 99 percent. The most expensive point is €40.85, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Budapest to Banská Bystrica 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
142 km
138 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
1,741,041 → 74,590
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
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
- 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 142 km against 138 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Nitra, Bratislava, Žilina, Petržalka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
The fare from SLD into Banská Bystrica is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Banská Bystrica
Settled in advance, so the ride into Banská Bystrica costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Banská Bystrica is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Banská Bystrica railway station
Most of the points near Banská Bystrica railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Budapest to Banská Bystrica
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 to Banská Bystrica?
The fastest journey from Budapest to Banská Bystrica takes 3h 46m door to door, of which 36m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 46m, 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 to Banská Bystrica?
The cheapest fare from Budapest to Banská Bystrica is €22.18, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.41. 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 to Banská Bystrica?
The cheapest way from Budapest to Banská Bystrica is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 3h 46m 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 to Banská Bystrica?
Fares from Budapest to Banská Bystrica bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €20.52. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 99 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Budapest to Banská Bystrica?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Budapest to Banská Bystrica, at €25.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Budapest to Banská Bystrica?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Budapest to Banská Bystrica, at €19.97 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 to Banská Bystrica?
No operator record names Budapest to Banská Bystrica directly. Smartwings publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Budapest to Banská Bystrica?
20 percent of the services we sell from Budapest to Banská Bystrica are direct. The rest connect at Nitra, Bratislava, Žilina, Petržalka, with about 48 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 to Banská Bystrica use?
Services from Budapest to Banská Bystrica by flight leave from Budapest BUD and arrive at Banská Bystrica SLD. Allow about 3h 10m 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 to Banská Bystrica?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Budapest to Banská Bystrica 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 to Banská Bystrica on September 18, 2026: 142 km of route against 138 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €22.18, and 3h 46m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Banská Bystrica is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Banská Bystrica and across Slovakia
Day trips that leave Banská Bystrica in the morning and cover a good part of Slovakia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Budapest reaches 251 places in 61 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 8,571 km. Banská Bystrica reaches 16 places in 6 countries, from 62 to 1,614 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Budapest
- 251Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 98Operators
Arriving in Banská Bystrica
Leaving Banská Bystrica
- 16Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 7Operators