There are 12 ways to get from Paderborn to Budapest by train, bus, night train, car, car train, 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.
Train via Nuremberg
best- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbftrain 91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain Ice
- Take the train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföldtrain
13h 19mFt 56,110–150,978Train, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
16h 29mFt 28,560–92,928Bus
- Take the bus from Paderborn to Frankfurt central train stationbus N110
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Budapest Déli train stationbus N161
19h 20mFt 29,221–50,389Drive 1,045.3 km
- Drive from Paderborn to Budapestcar 1,045.3 km
10h 16mFt 55,618–80,336Train
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Delitrain Ic
15h 24mFt 42,110–94,978Drive, car train
- Drive from Paderborn to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to Schwarzach-St.Veitcartrain
- Drive from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Budapestcar
16h 1mFt 70,170–94,468Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane PAD - BUD
8h 11mFt 38,155–130,435Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
6h 34mFt 38,158–99,409Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Langenhagen Flughafentrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane HAJ - BUD
8h 18mTrain to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FMO - BUD
8h 43mFt 39,394–163,304Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CGN - BUD
7h 7mTrain, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FRA - BUD
7h 17mFt 46,240–126,728
Paderborn to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Budapest is to bus which costs 29 000 Ft - 55 000 Ft and takes 19h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 6h 34m and costs 38 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Paderborn to Budapest station. However, there are services departing from Paderborn and arriving at Budapest Déli train station via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Paderborn to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Paderborn Hbf and arriving at Budapest-Kelenföld via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf and Vienna Meidling Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 19m.
The distance between Paderborn and Budapest is 1140 km. The road distance is 1045.3 km.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Budapest without a car is to train via Nuremberg which takes 13h 19m and costs 55 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 13h 19m to get from Paderborn to Budapest, including transfers.
Paderborn to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Paderborn station.
Paderborn to Budapest train services, operated by National Express, depart from Paderborn Hbf station.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Budapest is to train via Nuremberg which takes 13h 19m and costs 55 000 Ft - 160 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 29 000 Ft - 55 000 Ft and takes 19h 20m, you could also fly, which costs 38 000 Ft - 130 000 Ft and takes 8h 11m.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Paderborn Hbf to Budapest-Kelenföld via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Nürnberg Hbf, Passau Hbf, Wien Meidling, and Vienna Meidling Train Station in around 13h 19m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paderborn to Budapest Déli train station via Frankfurt central train station in around 19h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 44,000–180,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–120,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–150,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–150,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 48,000–170,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–120,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–110,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–110,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–130,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–100,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–140,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–70,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–70,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–100,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–140,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–150,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 44,000–140,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–95,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–70,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 80,000–190,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–130,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 36,000–100,000
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Hamm(Westf)Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–17,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–45,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–35,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–46,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–28,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–13,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–31,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–37,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–32,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–23,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 15,000–23,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Passau Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–25,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–70,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Meidling to Budapest-Deli
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–44,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 37,000–44,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 27,000–31,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 16,000–19,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–32,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 35,000–42,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Langenhagen Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Paderborn, Hauptbahnhof to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–10,000
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,000
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–21,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Paderborn to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–11,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Budapest Déli train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–40,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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Paderborn to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Paderborn to Budapest train services, operated by National Express, arrive at Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe station.
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