There are 11 ways to get from Rotterdam to Budapest by train, plane, bus, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane AMS - BUD
5h 12mFt 37,734–100,493Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane EIN - BUD
6h 16mFt 23,573–91,182Train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- 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
15h 14mFt 61,760–351,565Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 1924
21h 20mFt 45,000–75,000Train, night train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the nighttrain from Utrecht Centraal to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
20h 2mFt 31,710–99,015Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BRU - BUD
6h 30mFt 31,167–87,997Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane AMS - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
7h 20mFt 43,994–144,193Train, train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane CRL - BUD
7h 34mFt 29,207–89,160Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
7h 57mFt 35,500–86,765Train, bus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Bratislava hlavná stanicabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Rj
26h 46mDrive 1,359.6 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Budapestcar 1,359.6 km
13h 2mFt 87,010–125,681
Rotterdam to Budapest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 23 000 Ft - 95 000 Ft and takes 6h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 5h 12m and costs 37 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Rotterdam Central Station station and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 21h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Rotterdam to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam Centraal and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Utrecht Centraal, Düsseldorf Hbf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 14m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Budapest is 1238 km. The road distance is 1359.6 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 15h 14m and costs 60 000 Ft - 360 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 12m to get from Rotterdam to Budapest, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rotterdam Central Station.
Rotterdam to Budapest train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Rotterdam Centraal station.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Budapest is to train which takes 15h 14m and costs 60 000 Ft - 360 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 45 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft and takes 21h 20m.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a train from Rotterdam Centraal to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Utrecht Centraal, Duesseldorf Hbf, Düsseldorf Hbf, München Hbf, Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, Salzburg Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 15h 14m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar 3 times a week. Tickets cost Ft 45,000–75,000 and the journey takes 21h 20m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 33,000–120,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–95,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 43,000–100,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–100,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 47,000–140,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–110,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–110,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Vienna International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 39,000–140,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–120,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–100,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–130,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–55,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–55,000
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–50,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–110,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–100,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–110,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–75,000
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–44,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Wednesday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–55,000
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–10,000
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–10,000
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–26,000
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,200–6,500
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–18,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,200–6,500
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,300–7,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,200–4,600
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–15,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–55,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,200–4,600
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–12,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,200–8,500
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,200–4,600
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–15,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–20,000
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,400–4,900
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–180,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–42,000
- 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
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–18,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–75,000
- Schedules at
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 16,000–25,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–28,000
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–43,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–34,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–30,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,000–8,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–33,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–33,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–33,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Utrecht Centraal to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–60,000
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 43,000–60,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 34,000–39,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 24,000–29,000
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Venlo to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,700–6,500
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–14,000
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–44,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–7,000
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rotterdam Central Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 45,000–75,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +421 55 72 896 16
- interbus.sk@gmail.com
- Website
- interbus.sk
Bus from Dusseldorf Central Bus Station to Bratislava hlavná stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- interbus.sk
- Book at
- interbus.sk
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Rotterdam to Budapest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Rotterdam to Budapest train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Utrecht Centraal station.
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