There are 6 ways to get from Budapest to Nelson by train, plane, shuttle, or bus
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Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Nelson Airport
best- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Nelson Airport (NSN)VIE - NSN
34h 39m$1,137–3,057Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport
cheapest- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Nelson Airport (NSN)BUD - NSN
32h 2m$1,009–3,712Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)BUD - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
38h 5m$1,064–4,017Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)VIE - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
37h 47m$2,042–3,862Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)BUD - BHE
- Take the bus from Woodbourne to Nelson
35h 20m$1,114–3,967Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Picton, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Picton (PCN)BUD - PCN
- Take the bus from Koromiko to Nelson
37h 15m$1,114–3,967
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Nelson Airport (NSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Nelson is to train and fly which costs $1,100 - $3,100 and takes 34h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Nelson is to fly which takes 32h 2m and costs $1,000 - $3,800.
The distance between Budapest and Nelson is 18296 km.
It takes approximately 34h 39m to get from Budapest to Nelson, including transfers.
Nelson is 12h ahead of Budapest. It is currently 8:20 AM in Budapest and 8:20 PM in Nelson.
There are 381+ hotels available in Nelson.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Nelson, New Zealand?
Korean Air, Air New Zealand, and three other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Nelson Airport (NSN) twice daily.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Singapore Changi, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Nelson Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Nelson Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Picton via Incheon, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 27m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Picton via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Picton via Shanghai Pudong, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Incheon, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
- 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
- $21–25
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $75–120
- 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
- $18–55
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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
- 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
- $5–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Koromiko to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
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