There are 9 ways to get from Bonn to Budapest by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CGN - BUD
5h 16mFt 24,981–74,473Night train, train
cheapest- Take the nighttrain from Bonn Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
14h 5mFt 22,649–74,466Train
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhoftrain 90N
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
14h 35mFt 76,681–131,126Bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N161 / ...
19h 16mFt 37,000–55,000Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
5h 58mFt 31,031–87,781Train to Frankfurt, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FRA - BUD
6h 6mFt 32,268–78,688Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane CGN - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
7h 51mFt 26,082–108,091Train, bus
- Take the train from Bonn Hbf to Frankfurttrain 1 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Stationbus
21h 30mFt 33,981–57,757Drive 1,093.3 km
- Drive from Bonn to Budapestcar 1,093.3 km
10h 5mFt 74,617–107,780
Bonn to Budapest by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bonn to Budapest is to train and bus which costs 34 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Bonn to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs 25 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Bonn to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Cologne Airport CGN. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Bonn to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Bonn Hbf and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 35m.
The distance between Bonn and Budapest is 1001 km. The road distance is 1093.3 km.
The best way to get from Bonn to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 14h 35m and costs 75 000 Ft - 140 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 16m to get from Bonn to Budapest, including transfers.
Bonn to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Cologne Airport CGN station.
Bonn to Budapest train services, operated by Österreichische Bundesbahnen, depart from Bonn Hbf station.
The best way to get from Bonn to Budapest is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs 25 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 75 000 Ft - 140 000 Ft and takes 14h 35m, you could also bus, which costs 37 000 Ft - 55 000 Ft and takes 19h 16m.
What companies run services between Bonn, Germany and Budapest, Hungary?
Eurowings, Lufthansa City, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bonn Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Wien Hauptbahnhof and Wien Hbf in around 14h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–100,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–65,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–65,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–120,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–60,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–95,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–80,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–60,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–70,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–80,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–75,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–100,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–55,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Bonn Hbf to Wien Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–110,000
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,639
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,639
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,639
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Bonn Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–48,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 39,000–48,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 29,000–34,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 18,000–22,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–9,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–18,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Bonn Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–24,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Bonn Hbf to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,800–5,500
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–11,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Siegburg/Bonn to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–15,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–55,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–34,000
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Népliget Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–30,000
- Website
- Citylines
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Bonn to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Bonn to Budapest train services, operated by Österreichische Bundesbahnen, arrive at Wien Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bonn to Budapest is 1093 km. It takes approximately 10h 5m to drive from Bonn to Budapest.
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