There are 13 ways to get from Budapest to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)BUD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
6h 40m£72–251Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University RE507 / ...
29h 52m£18–68Train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien HbfEc / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bruxelles-MidiNj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
24h 39m£185–461Train, night train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien HbfEc / ...
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiNj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
25h 3m£200–684Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)BUD - CWL
8h 12m£118–262Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)BUD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
8h 9m£72–255Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BUD - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
7h 52m£134–372Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Stansted Airport (STN)BUD - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 34m£99–344Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Luton Airport (LTN)BUD - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 32m£82–328Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)BUD - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
8h 56m£103–355Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Brussels-North train station
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
37h 36m£91–238Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Budapest to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
18h 24mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Budapest to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
19h 28m£293–426
Budapest to Cardiff by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Cardiff is to bus which costs £18 - £70 and takes 29h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 6h 40m and costs £70 - £260.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenföld and arriving at University RE via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenfoeld and arriving at Cardiff Central via Wien Hbf, Brussel-Zuid, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 39m.
The distance between Budapest and Cardiff is 1083 miles.
The best way to get from Budapest to Cardiff without a car is to train which takes 24h 39m and costs £180 - £470.
It takes approximately 6h 40m to get from Budapest to Cardiff, including transfers.
Budapest to Cardiff bus services, operated by Trans Nicolaescu, depart from Budapest-Kelenföld station.
Budapest to Cardiff train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
The best way to get from Budapest to Cardiff is to train which takes 24h 39m and costs £180 - £470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £18 - £70 and takes 29h 52m, you could also fly, which costs £110 - £270 and takes 8h 12m.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Cardiff Central via Wien Hbf, Wien Hbf, Bruxelles-Midi, Brussel-Zuid, London St. Pancras Int., King's Cross St. Pancras station, Paddington, and London Paddington in around 24h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to University RE via London Victoria in around 29h 52m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–360
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–420
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Luton Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £100–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–180
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–270
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Wien Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £85–130
- 1st Class
- £130–200
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Brussel-Zuid to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £50–75
- 1st Class
- £100–170
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £140–170
- Seating Carriage
- £75–100
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £10–40
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Budapest to Cardiff bus services, operated by Trans Nicolaescu, arrive at London Victoria station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Budapest. It is currently 6:28 AM in Budapest and 5:28 AM in Cardiff.
Budapest to Cardiff train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
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