There are 9 ways to get from Ireland to Budapest by plane, car, car ferry, train, bus, or ferry
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Fly Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)DUB - BUD
6h 23mFt 25,166–67,045Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Budapest-Kelenföld
2d 14hFt 24,121–95,851Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Budapest
39h 47mFt 164,943–324,363Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare EuroportIc
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Eindhoven Station
- Take the bus from Eindhoven Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
2d 4hFt 109,260–269,954Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Take the bus from Rennes to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Take the bus from Vienna - Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
2d 9hFly Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)ORK - BUD
7h 55mFt 30,168–74,531Fly Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)SNN - BUD
6h 47mFt 30,830–80,473Fly Dublin Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)DUB - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
8h 45mFt 27,766–96,245Train, car ferry, bus via Linz
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare EuroportIc
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Antwerp
- Take the bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Linz Wissensturm
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Wien HbfRj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KelenfoeldEc
2d 3hFt 103,060–266,954
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Budapest is to fly which costs 30 000 Ft - 85 000 Ft and takes 6h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 23m and costs 25 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft.
The distance between Ireland and Budapest is 1954 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Budapest without a car is to train and car ferry and bus which takes 2 days 4h and costs 100 000 Ft - 270 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 23m to get from Ireland to Budapest, including transfers.
The best way to get from Ireland to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 23m and costs 25 000 Ft - 70 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 24 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft and takes 2 days 14h.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 5:01 AM in Ireland and 6:01 AM in Budapest.
There are 7219+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Ireland and Budapest, Hungary?
Aer Lingus, Ryanair, and three other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Dublin to Budapest-Kelenföld via Dublin, Rădăuți, and Rădăuţi in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–55,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–75,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–70,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–55,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–85,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–130,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–100,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–110,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–110,000
- Website
- klm.com
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
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–140,000
- 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 27,000–150,000
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 28,000–150,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–50,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–55,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–80,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vienna International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–80,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–110,000
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,000
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- Ft 5,500–8,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–17,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–22,000
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–18,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 11,000–18,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–23,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–26,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,500–11,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–17,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,800–7,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- Ft 3,800–5,500
- 1st Class
- Ft 5,500–7,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–18,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Eindhoven Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–12,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Eindhoven Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–70,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Rennes to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–75,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Antwerp
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–9,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Vienna - Bus Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–22,000
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Linz Wissensturm
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–21,000
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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 4,606
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- 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 70,000–175,777
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- Ft 175,777
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–32,000
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- Ft 85,000–390,000
- On Foot
- Ft 27,000–32,000
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