There are 4 ways to get from Chicago to Budapest by plane or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ORD - BUD
14h 39mFt 131,191–292,263Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ORD - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
14h 40mFt 116,531–200,063Train to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukeetrain
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MKE - BUD
18h 19mFt 149,367–411,597Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MDW - BUD
15h 47mFt 121,191–342,263
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Budapest is to fly and train which costs 110 000 Ft - 200 000 Ft and takes 14h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Budapest is to fly which takes 14h 39m and costs 130 000 Ft - 300 000 Ft.
The distance between Chicago and Budapest is 7814 km.
It takes approximately 14h 39m to get from Chicago to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 7h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 12:42 PM in Chicago and 7:42 PM in Budapest.
There are 6897+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Budapest, Hungary?
Austrian Airlines, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–350,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 95,000–350,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 130,000–160,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–320,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–600,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 23m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 160,000–600,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–470,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–490,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–500,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–500,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–410,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–300,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–300,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–320,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–470,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–480,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–290,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–170,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–320,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 150,000–470,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 130,000–410,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–300,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–320,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–470,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–500,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–410,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–300,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vienna International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 90,000–320,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–480,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 85,000–300,000
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–470,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 140,000–390,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 120,000–340,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 160,000–600,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–33,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–32,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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