There are 6 ways to get from Cork to Budapest by plane, car, car ferry, train, or bus
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Fly from Cork Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)ORK - BUD
7h 50mFt 30,139–74,490Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Budapest
40h 23mFt 167,261–327,711Train, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heuston205 / ...
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Budapest-Kelenföld
2d 18hFt 31,259–106,091Bus to Shannon Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)SNN - BUD
8h 29mFt 34,782–87,046Bus to Kerry Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Kerry Airport
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)KIR - BUD
9h 30mFt 37,116–66,141Train to Dublin Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)DUB - BUD
9h 2mFt 32,744–78,076
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 34 000 Ft - 90 000 Ft and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Budapest is to fly which takes 7h 50m and costs 30 000 Ft - 75 000 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 31 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 7h 50m to get from Cork to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 4:20 PM in Cork and 5:20 PM in Budapest.
There are 6925+ 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) 3 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–65,000
Flights from Kerry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–55,000
Flights from Kerry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–55,000
Flights from Kerry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–55,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–60,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–140,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–110,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–130,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–100,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–85,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–140,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–140,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–55,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–49,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–80,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–13,000
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- Ft 8,500–13,000
Bus operators
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–80,000
- 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 4,518
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–10,000
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–9,000
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Ferry operators
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 70,000–172,554
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- Ft 172,554
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