There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Budapest by plane, car, car ferry, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane ORK - BUD
8h 8mFt 25,366–105,924Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Budapestcar
40h 16mFt 272,309–437,779Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus 707
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Budapest-Kelenföldbus
2d 19hFt 26,780–97,019Train to Shannon Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane SNN - BUD
8h 55mFt 34,334–123,586Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUB - BUD
9h 15mFt 32,410–86,127Fly Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane ORK - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
10h 13mFt 34,516–165,574Fly Cork Airport to Bratislava Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bratislava Airport (BTS)plane ORK - BTS
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugatitrain
10h 40mFt 29,516–85,074
Cork Airport (ORK) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Budapest is to train and fly which costs 34 000 Ft - 130 000 Ft and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Budapest is to fly which takes 8h 8m and costs 25 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Budapest-Kelenföld via Aston Quay, Dublin and Rădăuţi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Cork and Budapest is 2070 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Budapest without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 19h and costs 26 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 8h 8m to get from Cork to Budapest, including transfers.
Cork to Budapest bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
The best way to get from Cork to Budapest is to fly which takes 8h 8m and costs 25 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 26 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft and takes 2 days 19h.
Cork to Budapest bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
Budapest is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 10:45 PM in Cork and 11:45 PM in Budapest.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Budapest, Hungary?
KLM, Ryanair, and Lufthansa fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Budapest-Kelenföld via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, and Rădăuţi in around 2d 19h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–95,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–95,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–65,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–65,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–65,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–90,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–90,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Bratislava Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–50,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Bratislava Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–50,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–130,000
Flights from Shannon Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–80,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–110,000
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–100,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–150,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 30,000–140,000
Flights from Cork Airport to Vienna International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 31,000–150,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–60,000
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,200–4,600
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- Ft 3,200–4,600
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- Ft 8,000–12,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,646
- 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 19,691
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–25,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,000–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–11,000
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–16,000
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–7,000
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–11,000
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–9,500
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–75,000
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- [email protected]
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,092
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 160,000–270,000
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- Ft 163,973
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