There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Budapest by plane, car, car ferry, train, or bus
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Fly Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ORK - BUD
7h 57mFt 30,220–100,775Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Cork Bus Stn to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane KIR - BUD
11h 3mFt 17,592–50,098Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Budapestcar
40h 19mFt 241,684–356,877Train, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Budapest-Kelenföldbus
2d 18hFt 29,828–99,473Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Stn to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SNN - BUD
8h 32mFt 33,219–84,948Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUB - BUD
9h 19mFt 32,643–79,698Fly Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ORK - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
10h 30mFt 34,530–139,525
Cork Airport (ORK) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Budapest is to bus and fly which costs 17 000 Ft - 50 000 Ft and takes 11h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Budapest is to fly which takes 7h 57m and costs 30 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft.
The distance between Cork and Budapest is 2069 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Budapest without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs 29 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 57m to get from Cork to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 1:16 AM in Cork and 2:16 AM in Budapest.
There are 6579+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Budapest, Hungary?
KLM, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 4 hours.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–140,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–100,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–150,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–60,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–75,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–75,000
Flights from Kerry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–41,000
Flights from Kerry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–48,000
Flights from Kerry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–42,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–60,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–130,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–130,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–100,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–100,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–140,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–140,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–43,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–140,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–60,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–70,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–140,000
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- Ft 8,000–12,000
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–33,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–75,000
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,134
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Cork Bus Stn to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–9,500
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Cork Bus Stn to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–8,500
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 150,000–210,000
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- Ft 162,853
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