Budapest to Zakynthos

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Budapest to Zakynthos. From €80.48, fastest 4h 59m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Budapest to Zakynthos runs about 14 times a day, with the first departure around 06:44 and the last around 18:37. One passenger pays between €88.64 and €89.23, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 59m over 1,124 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 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 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€88.64 to €89.23

  • 149%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.

  • 06:44First departure
  • 18:37Last departure
  • 14Services per day
  • 86%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €190.48Fri18
  2. about €210.28Sat19
  3. about €170.68Sun20
  4. about €133.83Mon21
  5. about €125.03Tue22
  6. about €145.28Wed23
  7. about €170.68Thu24
  8. about €142.92Fri25
  9. about €138.23Sat26
  10. about €107.98Sun27
  11. about €101.38Mon28
  12. about €94.78Tue29
  13. about €116.23Wed30
  14. about €129.98Thu1
  15. about €103.58Fri2
  16. about €91.48Sat3
  17. about €88.18Sun4
  18. about €80.48Mon5
  19. about €83.23Tue6
  20. about €85.98Wed7
  21. about €102.48Thu8

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 Zakynthos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Zakynthos for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from KTEL Central Station 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 to Zakynthos

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

  1. €82.6890 days
  2. €76.6360 days
  3. €84.3345 days
  4. €86.5330 days
  5. €102.4821 days
  6. €129.9814 days
  7. €170.687 days
  8. €170.683 days
  9. €190.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €76.63.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 149 percent. The most expensive point is €190.48, 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.
€190.48€76.63137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,124 km

1,091 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

1,741,04111,541

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

BudapestBudapestZakynthosZakynthos
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
75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,124 km against 1,091 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 Timişoara, Corfu, Belgrade, Bari. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 ZTH into Zakynthos is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Zakynthos

Settled in advance, so the ride into Zakynthos 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

Zakynthos is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near KTEL Central Station

Most of the points near KTEL Central Station 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 to Zakynthos

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 Zakynthos?

The fastest journey from Budapest to Zakynthos takes 4h 59m door to door, of which 1h 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 6m, 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 Zakynthos?

The cheapest fare from Budapest to Zakynthos is €80.48, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €152.95. 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 Zakynthos?

The cheapest way from Budapest to Zakynthos is by flight, at €88.64 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 59m 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 Zakynthos?

Fares from Budapest to Zakynthos bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €76.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 149 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Budapest to Zakynthos?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Budapest to Zakynthos, at €94.78. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 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 Zakynthos?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Budapest to Zakynthos, at €61.23 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 Zakynthos?

No operator record names Budapest to Zakynthos directly. Ryanair, Smartwings Hungary, Wizz Air 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 Zakynthos?

75 percent of the services we sell from Budapest to Zakynthos are direct. The rest connect at Timişoara, Corfu, Belgrade, Bari, with about 60 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 Zakynthos use?

Services from Budapest to Zakynthos by flight leave from Budapest BUD and arrive at Zakynthos ZTH. 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 Zakynthos?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Budapest to Zakynthos 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 Zakynthos on September 17, 2026: 1124 km of route against 1091 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €80.48, and 4h 59m 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 Zakynthos 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 Zakynthos and across Greece

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

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Budapest reaches 251 places in 61 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 8,571 km. Zakynthos reaches 56 places in 20 countries, from 222 to 2,755 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Budapest

  • 251Places you can leave for
  • 61Countries
  • 98Operators

Arriving in Zakynthos

Leaving Zakynthos

  • 56Places you can leave for
  • 20Countries
  • 37Operators

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