One passenger pays $36.60, every fee included. Services cover 641 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $36.60, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 27, 2026
$36.60
- 115%Moves across the booking window
115%12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this trip
Pick a departure for Skopje to Budapest and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
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
- about $60.87Wed7
- about $82.70Thu8
- about $66.93Fri9
- about $75.42Sat10
- about $66.32Sun11
- about $49.34Mon12
- about $41.45Tue13
- about $46.31Wed14
- about $60.26Thu15
- about $45.70Fri16
- about $49.34Sat17
- about $50.55Sun18
- about $41.45Mon19
- about $37.20Tue20
- about $39.02Wed21
- about $46.91Thu22
- about $42.66Fri23
- about $45.09Sat24
- about $42.66Sun25
- about $37.20Mon26
- about $36.60Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Budapest. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Budapest for the night the bus 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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When to book Skopje to Budapest
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- $31.7590 days
- $39.6360 days
- $31.1445 days
- $36.6030 days
- $36.6021 days
- $37.2014 days
- $41.457 days
- $66.933 days
- $60.871 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at $31.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 115 percent. The most expensive point is $66.93, 3 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 Skopje to Budapest 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
641 km
640 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
474,889 → 1,741,041
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 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 641 km against 640 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Belgrade. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 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.
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 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 bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
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 Skopje 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 Skopje to Budapest?
Skopje to Budapest covers 641 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 Skopje to Budapest?
The cheapest fare from Skopje to Budapest is $36.60, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $46.31. 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 Skopje to Budapest?
The cheapest way from Skopje to Budapest is by bus, at $36.60 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 Skopje to Budapest?
Fares from Skopje to Budapest bottom out around 45 days before departure, at $31.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 115 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 Skopje to Budapest?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Skopje to Budapest, at $37.20. 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 Skopje to Budapest?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Skopje to Budapest, at $27.49 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 Skopje to Budapest?
2 operators sell services from Skopje to Budapest across 1 mode: FlixBus, Fudeks. 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 Skopje to Budapest?
0 percent of the services we sell from Skopje to Budapest are direct. The rest connect at Belgrade, with about 58 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 Skopje to Budapest use?
Services from Skopje to Budapest by bus leave from Skopje Avtobuska stanica 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 Skopje to Budapest?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Skopje 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
Being on the water gives Budapest a set of days out that do not start at a station.
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The two ends, compared
Skopje reaches 46 places in 22 countries on services we hold, over distances from 38 to 8,296 km. Budapest reaches 130 places in 48 countries, from 107 to 9,685 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Skopje
- 46Places you can leave for
- 22Countries
- 2Operators
22
2Arriving in Budapest
Leaving Budapest
- 130Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 77Operators