There are 11 ways to get from Budapest to Edinburgh by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, train, night train, busferry, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BUD - EDI
5h 56m£61–162Train
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Wien Meidlingtrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
21h 15m£405–737Bus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 260 / ...
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Stationbus
35h 48m£143–267Train, night train
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
26h 17m£321–551Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BUD - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
8h 29m£66–187Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Newcastle (NCL)plane BUD - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
7h 11m£72–237Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane VIE - EDI
8h 6m£86–270Train to Bratislava Airport, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BTS - EDI
8h 15m£78–190Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Aradtrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
45h 3m£130–271Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Budapest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Edinburghcar
22h 28m£422–573Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Budapest to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Edinburghcar
23h 29m£329–530
Budapest to Edinburgh by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Edinburgh is to fly which costs £60 - £170 and takes 5h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs £60 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Edinburgh station. However, there are services departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at Edinburgh, Bus Station via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 48m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Edinburgh. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Deli and arriving at Edinburgh Waverley via Wien Meidling, Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and King's Cross. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 15m.
The distance between Budapest and Edinburgh is 1150 miles.
The best way to get from Budapest to Edinburgh without a car is to train which takes 21h 15m and costs £400 - £750.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Budapest to Edinburgh, including transfers.
Budapest to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Edinburgh train services, operated by RegioJet, depart from Budapest-Deli station.
The best way to get from Budapest to Edinburgh is to fly which takes 5h 56m and costs £60 - £170. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £400 - £750 and takes 21h 15m, you could also bus, which costs £140 - £270 and takes 35h 48m.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Edinburgh, Scotland?
Ryanair UK, Ryanair, and three other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Budapest-Deli to Edinburgh Waverley via Wien Meidling, Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and King's Cross in around 21h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–85
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £80–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–190
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–250
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Deli to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–17
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Wien Meidling to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £100–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £55–90
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–180
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–11
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–10
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Wien Hbf
- *
- £30–50
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- £30–50
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- *
- £28–45
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £95–130
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–90
- Seating Carriage
- £50–65
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- customerexperience@lumo.co.uk
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Edinburgh, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–100
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Budapest to Edinburgh bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Edinburgh is 1h behind Budapest. It is currently 4:37 AM in Budapest and 3:37 AM in Edinburgh.
Budapest to Edinburgh train services, operated by RegioJet, arrive at Wien Meidling station.
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