There are 8 ways to get from Budapest to Santa Barbara by train or plane
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Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
best- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane VIE - SBA
22h 22m$439–1,784Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane VIE - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
21h 40m$354–960Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BUD - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbaratrain
21h 46m$497–930Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)plane BUD - SBA
20h 38m$372–1,504Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Diego International Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BUD - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego to Santa Barbaratrain
24h 48m$568–1,247Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, Caltrain, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane BUD - SFO
- Take the train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Take the train from San Jose to Santa Barbaratrain
26h 38m$465–1,072Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane BUD - BUR
- Take the train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbaratrain
23h 57m$681–2,066Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)plane BUD - SBP
- Take the train from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbaratrain
26h 3m$403–1,581
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Santa Barbara is to train and fly which costs $350 - $1,000 and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Santa Barbara is to fly which takes 20h 38m and costs $370 - $1,500.
The distance between Budapest and Santa Barbara is 6339 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 22m to get from Budapest to Santa Barbara, including transfers.
Santa Barbara is 9h behind Budapest. It is currently 8:43 AM in Budapest and 11:43 PM in Santa Barbara.
There are 254+ hotels available in Santa Barbara.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Santa Barbara, CA, USA?
KLM, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and six other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–550
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–550
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–550
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Copenhagen, San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 4m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Frankfurt, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–550
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- 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
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $40–65
- 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
- $15–25
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Diego to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Jose to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Van Nuys to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Millbrae Caltrain Southbound to San Jose Diridon Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $7–10
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