Budapest at Night from the Hotel Papillon

Sibiu to Budapest

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Sibiu to Budapest. From $35.56, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $35.56, every fee included. Services cover 476 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $35.56, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 27, 2026

$35.56

  • 154%Moves across the booking window

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The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about $81.05Wed7
  2. about $83.49Thu8
  3. about $78.02Fri9
  4. about $65.28Sat10
  5. about $67.10Sun11
  6. about $42.84Mon12
  7. about $50.12Tue13
  8. about $41.63Wed14
  9. about $52.54Thu15
  10. about $43.45Fri16
  11. about $53.15Sat17
  12. about $47.69Sun18
  13. about $44.66Mon19
  14. about $47.09Tue20
  15. about $41.63Wed21
  16. about $39.80Thu22
  17. about $41.02Fri23
  18. about $47.69Sat24
  19. about $42.84Sun25
  20. about $36.16Mon26
  21. about $35.56Tue27

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 Sibiu to Budapest

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

  1. $31.9290 days
  2. $39.8060 days
  3. $31.9245 days
  4. $36.7730 days
  5. $35.5621 days
  6. $47.0914 days
  7. $50.127 days
  8. $78.023 days
  9. $81.051 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $31.92.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 154 percent. The most expensive point is $81.05, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$81.05$31.92137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sibiu 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

476 km

433 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

134,309 → 1,741,041

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

The route

UkraineAustriaSlovakiaCroatiaSerbiaViennaViennaZagrebZagrebIașiIașiGrazGrazCluj-NapocaCluj-NapocaChernivtsiChernivtsiBrasovBrasovTimișoaraTimișoaraGalatiGalatiNovi SadNovi SadTârgu MureşTârgu MureşDebrecenDebrecenOradeaOradeaPloieştiPloieştiAradAradSzegedSzegedSibiuSibiuBudapestBudapestMap 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 476 km against 433 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Timişoara, Cluj-Napoca. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Sibiu 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 Sibiu to Budapest?

Sibiu to Budapest covers 476 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Sibiu to Budapest?

The cheapest fare from Sibiu to Budapest is $35.56, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $53.46. 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 Sibiu to Budapest?

The cheapest way from Sibiu to Budapest is by train, at $35.56 for one passenger on October 27, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Sibiu to Budapest?

Fares from Sibiu to Budapest bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $31.92. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 154 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sibiu to Budapest, at $41.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Sibiu to Budapest?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sibiu to Budapest, at $28.89 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 Sibiu to Budapest?

2 operators sell services from Sibiu to Budapest across 1 mode: cfr, FlixBus. 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 Sibiu to Budapest?

0 percent of the services we sell from Sibiu to Budapest are direct. The rest connect at Timişoara, Cluj-Napoca, with about 47 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 Sibiu to Budapest use?

Services from Sibiu to Budapest by train leave from Cristian Sibiu and arrive at Budapest Nepliget. 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 Sibiu to Budapest?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Sibiu to Budapest allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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

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A guided tour group

Day trips out of Budapest and across Hungary

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

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The two ends, compared

Sibiu reaches 15 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 647 km. Budapest reaches 130 places in 48 countries, from 107 to 9,685 km.

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Leaving Sibiu

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  • 5Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Budapest

Leaving Budapest

  • 130Places you can leave for
  • 48Countries
  • 77Operators

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