There are 9 ways to get from Ljubljana to Budapest by bus, train, rideshare, car or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Bus • 6 h 29 min
$29 - $54
Cheapest option
Rideshare • 5 h 35 min
$12 - $17
7 alternative options
Train Slovenian Railways (SŽ) • 8 h 21 min
$75 - $120
Train Hungarian Railways (MÁV) • 8 h 44 min
$27 - $39
Drive • 4 h 28 min
$55 - $85
Fly Ljubljana to Budapest • 6 h 58 min
$108 - $516
Fly Klagenfurt to Budapest • 7 h 3 min
$164 - $573
Fly Vienna to Budapest • 7 h 28 min
$143 - $1,005
Fly Ljubljana to Vienna, train • 6 h 1 min
$152 - $460
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Budapest is to rideshare which costs 10€ - 15€ and takes 5 h 35 min.
The quickest way to get from Ljubljana to Budapest is to drive which costs 45€ - 75€ and takes 4 h 28 min.
The distance between Ljubljana and Budapest is 381 km. The road distance is 462.6 km.
It takes approximately 6 h 29 min to get from Ljubljana to Budapest, including transfers.
No, there is no direct bus from Ljubljana to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Ljubljana and arriving at Deák Ferenc tér M via Népliget M. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6 h 29 min.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Ljubljana and arriving at Budapest-Déli. Services depart three times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8 h 21 min.
What companies run services between Ljubljana, Slovenia and Budapest, Hungary?
FlixBus operates a bus from Ljubljana to Budapest twice daily. Tickets cost $26 - $45 and the journey takes 6 h 10 min. Eurolines HU also services this route once daily. Alternatively, Slovenian Railways (SŽ) operates a train from Ljubljana to Budapest 3 times a week. Tickets cost $75 - $120 and the journey takes 8 h 21 min.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 7 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120 - $400
Flights from Klagenfurt to Budapest via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330 - $900
Flights from Vienna to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $750
Flights from Ljubljana to Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420 - $1,100
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420 - $1,100
Flights from Klagenfurt to Budapest via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330 - $900
Flights from Klagenfurt to Budapest via Vienna, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $850
Flights from Vienna to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210 - $750
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Warsaw
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300 - $700
Flights from Klagenfurt to Budapest via Vienna, Warsaw
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330 - $900
Flights from Ljubljana to Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 28 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250 - $900
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330 - $850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480 - $1,400
- Website
- adria.si
Flights from Ljubljana to Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $500
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 20 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70 - $270
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Budapest via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $700
- Website
- slo-zeleznice.si
Train from Ljubljana to Budapest-Déli
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 21 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $120
- Website
- slo-zeleznice.si
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
Train from Ljubljana to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 29 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25 - $40
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Ljubljana to Budapest, Budapest Népliget
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26 - $45
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +36 (1) 382-0888
- info@volanbusz.hu
- Website
- eurolines.hu
Bus from Ljubljana to Budapest Népliget
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- nemzetkozi.volanbusz.hu
Rome2rio's guide to BlaBlaCar
Contact Details
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Ljubljana to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12 - $17
- Book at
- blablacar.co.uk
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