There are 11 ways to get from Leeds 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 from Leeds Bradford International Airport
best- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane LBA - BUD
6h 4mFt 29,062–59,694Train to Manchester Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MAN - BUD
7h 2mFt 26,398–71,904Train
- Take the train from Leeds to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
20h 17mFt 177,402–322,097Bus
- Take the bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach 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 / ...
32h 35mFt 57,291–97,133Train, night train
- Take the train from Leeds 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
24h 23mFt 104,402–209,097Train to Newcastle, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Newcastletrain
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NCL - BUD
7h 45mFt 36,630–117,393Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BHX - BUD
7h 44mFt 46,450–100,709Train to East Midlands Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leeds to Derbytrain
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EMA - BUD
7h 25mFt 52,684–185,994Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Leeds to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Arad, Autogara Transdarabusferry
- Take the bus from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Budapestbus
43h 47mFt 46,563–97,979Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Leeds to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Budapestcar
19hFt 178,803–251,180Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Leeds to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Budapestcar
20h 7mFt 139,930–233,787
Leeds to Budapest by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Leeds to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 26 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft and takes 7h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Leeds to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 4m and costs 29 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Leeds station to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via London Victoria Green Line Station and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Leeds to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Leeds and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via London St Pancras Intl, Paris Est, München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 17m.
The distance between Leeds and Budapest is 1661 km.
The best way to get from Leeds to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 20h 17m and costs 170 000 Ft - 330 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 4m to get from Leeds to Budapest, including transfers.
Leeds to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station.
Leeds to Budapest train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Leeds station.
The best way to get from Leeds to Budapest is to fly which takes 6h 4m and costs 29 000 Ft - 60 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 170 000 Ft - 330 000 Ft and takes 20h 17m, you could also bus, which costs 55 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft and takes 32h 35m.
What companies run services between Leeds, England and Budapest, Hungary?
Ryanair, Jet2.com, and KLM fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Leeds to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via London Kings Cross, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 20h 17m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–50,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–55,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–55,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–55,000
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–170,000
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–170,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–140,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–120,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–110,000
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 42,000–60,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–55,000
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–85,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–65,000
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–80,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–110,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–110,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Newcastle to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–95,000
Train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–38,000
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Leeds to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–38,000
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–21,000
- 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 65,000–110,000
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–85,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–90,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–19,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–39,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–14,000
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–17,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 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 33m
- Frequency
- 3 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 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–22,000
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,709
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,639
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,639
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- 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 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 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 Leeds to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,500–12,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–22,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Leeds to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–9,000
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Leeds to Newcastle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–30,000
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–33,000
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Leeds to Derby
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–21,000
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,955
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- Ft 50,955
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–16,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–26,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Leeds City Bus & Coach Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–23,000
- 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 30,000–49,000
- 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
Bus from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–24,000
- 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 11,000–32,000
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Leeds to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Leeds. It is currently 9:15 PM in Leeds and 10:15 PM in Budapest.
Leeds to Budapest train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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