There are 5 ways to get from Budapest to Chicago by plane or train
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane BUD - ORD
15h 21m$303–907Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane VIE - ORD
14h 56m$321–548Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane BUD - MDW
17h 9m$353–1,307Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane BUD - MKE
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
19h 39m$575–2,166Train to Košice International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Kosicetrain
- Fly from Košice International Airport (KSC) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane KSC - ORD
20h 9m$408–1,625
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Chicago is to train and fly which costs $320 - $550 and takes 14h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Chicago is to train and fly which takes 14h 56m and costs $320 - $550.
The distance between Budapest and Chicago is 4884 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 21m to get from Budapest to Chicago, including transfers.
Chicago is 7h behind Budapest. It is currently 12:33 PM in Budapest and 5:33 AM in Chicago.
There are 1330+ hotels available in Chicago.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Chicago, IL, USA?
Air Canada, Brussels Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Shannon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–420
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–420
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–420
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–420
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Vienna International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Frankfurt, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Shannon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–420
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Frankfurt, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–420
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–420
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Toronto, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Frankfurt, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,700
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Košice International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
- 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
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Kosice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- 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
- $16–27
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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