There are 9 ways to get from Edinburgh to Budapest by plane, train (Eurostar, TGV), bus, train, night train, busferry, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EDI - BUD
6h 13mFt 25,546–64,906Train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
21h 57mFt 188,728–533,172Bus
- Take the bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 260 / ...
36hFt 72,828–155,422Train, night train
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
26h 18mFt 126,178–244,622Train to Newcastle, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NCL - BUD
7h 29mFt 35,314–92,293Fly Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane EDI - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
8h 16mFt 32,806–109,556Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Arad, Autogara Transdarabusferry
- Take the train from Arad to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
45h 2mFt 65,675–131,013Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Edinburgh to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Budapestcar
22h 40mFt 179,835–244,828Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Edinburgh to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Budapestcar
23h 47mFt 134,510–216,458
Edinburgh to Budapest by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Edinburgh to Budapest is to fly which costs 25 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft and takes 6h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Edinburgh to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs 25 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Edinburgh station to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh, Bus Station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via London Victoria Green Line Station and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h.
No, there is no direct train from Edinburgh to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Edinburgh Waverley and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 57m.
The distance between Edinburgh and Budapest is 1839 km.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 21h 57m and costs 180 000 Ft - 550 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 13m to get from Edinburgh to Budapest, including transfers.
Edinburgh to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Edinburgh, Bus Station.
Edinburgh to Budapest train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Edinburgh Waverley station.
The best way to get from Edinburgh to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 13m and costs 25 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 180 000 Ft - 550 000 Ft and takes 21h 57m, you could also bus, which costs 70 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft and takes 36h.
What companies run services between Edinburgh, Scotland and Budapest, Hungary?
Ryanair, KLM, and Eurowings fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Edinburgh Waverley to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 21h 57m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–110,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–120,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–120,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–55,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–42,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–55,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–80,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–85,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–80,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–48,000
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–75,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 47,000–65,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–120,000
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–80,000
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–80,000
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–25,000
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 49,000–85,000
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–70,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 44,000–70,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–180,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–45,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–28,000
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–44,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–35,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–35,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–35,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–34,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–60,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 43,000–60,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 33,000–39,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 23,000–28,000
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–40,000
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–32,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–60,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Arad to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–8,500
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 49,850
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- Ft 49,850
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–31,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–28,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Edinburgh, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–75,000
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–55,000
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 54m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–65,000
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–20,000
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Want to know more about travelling around Hungary
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Edinburgh to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Edinburgh. It is currently 1:12 AM in Edinburgh and 2:12 AM in Budapest.
Edinburgh to Budapest train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
Book your Edinburgh to Budapest train tickets online with Omio.
Book your Edinburgh to Budapest bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 6876+ hotels available in Budapest.
























































































