There are 6 ways to get from Budapest to Nelson by plane, bus, train, or shuttle
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane BUD - NSN
32h 32m$1,204–5,508Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)plane BUD - BHE
- Take the bus from Woodbourne to Nelsonbus
34h 45m$1,118–4,659Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Nelson Airport
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane VIE - NSN
39h 16m$1,634–4,112Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane BUD - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
43h 18m$1,207–5,209Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane VIE - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
38h 7m$2,137–4,213Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Picton, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Picton (PCN)plane BUD - PCN
- Take the bus from Koromiko to Nelsonbus
36h 40m$1,118–4,059
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Nelson Airport (NSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Nelson is to fly and bus which costs $1,100 - $4,100 and takes 36h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Nelson is to fly which takes 32h 32m and costs $1,200 - $5,500.
The distance between Budapest and Nelson is 17868 km.
It takes approximately 32h 32m to get from Budapest to Nelson, including transfers.
Nelson is 10h ahead of Budapest. It is currently 4:29 AM in Budapest and 2:29 PM in Nelson.
There are 330+ hotels available in Nelson.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Nelson, New Zealand?
Air China, Air New Zealand, and four other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Nelson Airport (NSN) twice daily.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–5,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–6,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Incheon, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–5,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Incheon, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 10m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–6,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,300
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–6,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,000
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–3,900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $2,000–5,500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Beijing Capital, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–5,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–6,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Beijing Capital, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,600
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,900–6,500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Beijing Capital, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–6,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–6,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,800–4,700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Picton via Incheon, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Picton via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Picton via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,200
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,300
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–28
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $75–120
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Woodbourne to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Koromiko to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Shuttle from Christchurch to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Schedules at
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
- Minimum charge per vehicle
- $1,000
- Per person
- $200
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