There are 13 ways to get from Paderborn to Budapest by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)DUS - BUD
6h 41mFt 38,954–89,571Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Paderborn to Frankfurt central train stationN110
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Budapest Déli train stationN161
19h 20mFt 26,216–39,256Train via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-WilhelmshoeheRe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbf25 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf91 / ...
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Budapest-KelenfoeldRjx
12h 28mFt 55,798–109,519Train, night train
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-WilhelmshoeheRe
- Take the night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KelenfoeldEc
14h 36mFt 36,148–144,969Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hannover Flughafen
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)HAJ - BUD
8h 7mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)DTM - BUD
6h 7mFt 29,618–98,079Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)FMO - BUD
8h 24mFt 43,395–125,940Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)FRA - BUD
7h 25mFt 45,098–114,719Train to Hannover Airport, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Hannover Flughafen
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)HAJ - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
8h 49mFly Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Fly from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)PAD - BUD
8h 38mFt 60,796–163,894Train
- Take the train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-WilhelmshoeheRe
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Wien Meidling
- Take the train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
15h 9mFt 58,298–182,519Drive 1,043.8 km
- Drive from Paderborn to Budapest1,043.8 km
10h 10mFt 59,803–86,382Drive, car train
- Drive from Paderborn to Göttingen
- Take the car train from Göttingen to Salzburg Hbf
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Budapest
10h 17mFt 76,526–315,982
Paderborn to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paderborn to Budapest is to bus which costs 26 000 Ft - 40 000 Ft and takes 19h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Paderborn to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 6h 7m and costs 29 000 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-Kelenfoeld via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Nürnberg Hbf and Passau Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 28m.
The distance between Paderborn and Budapest is 1194 km. The road distance is 1043.8 km.
The best way to get from Paderborn to Budapest without a car is to train via Nuremberg which takes 12h 28m and costs 55 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 6h 41m 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 12h 28m and costs 55 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 26 000 Ft - 40 000 Ft and takes 19h 20m, you could also fly, which costs 60 000 Ft - 170 000 Ft and takes 8h 38m.
What companies run services between Paderborn, Germany and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Paderborn Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Nürnberg Hbf, and Passau Hbf in around 12h 28m. 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 Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–45,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–45,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 43,000–75,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 43,000–75,000
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–150,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–80,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–80,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–140,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–85,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 47,000–180,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–120,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–130,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–100,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–85,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–140,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–100,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–140,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–70,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–95,000
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–170,000
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Paderborn Lippstadt Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–320,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–49,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–75,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–70,000
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–17,000
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–11,000
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,200–6,000
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–17,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,500–12,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–35,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–20,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–10,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–21,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
Train from Passau Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–42,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 28,000–42,000
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
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–104,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 100,000–104,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 55,000–70,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 25,000–31,000
- 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 Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–22,000
- 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 3,400–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 6,000–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 311682904
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Hannover 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 Hbf to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,600–6,500
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
Train from Paderborn Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–11,000
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–16,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 45,000–160,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 45,000–70,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 95,000–160,000
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 38,000–260,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- Ft 130,000–150,000
- Car Compartment
- Ft 230,000–260,000
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paderborn to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Budapest Déli train station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–28,000
- 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.
Yes, the driving distance between Paderborn to Budapest is 1044 km. It takes approximately 10h 10m to drive from Paderborn to Budapest.
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