Budapest (BUD) to Bucharest (BUH): 383 miles (616 km) great-circle, about 1h 15m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $59 round-trip on Wizz Air, nonstop, departing May 27, 2026.
$59 round-trip, Wizz Air W63292, departing 2026-05-27 at 20:15, returning 2026-05-31. The recorded itinerary left on a Wednesday, returning on a Sunday 4 nights later; the fare was observed 32 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $59, it ranked 6th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from BUD (median $112). That is 15.4 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the BUD median of 13.7 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from BUD of similar length: Venice (355 mi) at $52 and Tirana (416 mi) at $40.
Wizz Air had the cheapest fare on 22 of 30 BUD routes. It is the 27th longest of the 30 routes we track from BUD.
Of 11 departure airports with a fare to Bucharest, Budapest (BUD) ranked 4th at $59. Lowest: $31 from Berlin (BER); highest: $962 from Lagos (LOS); 7 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Wizz Air Malta (4), Wizz Air (3), Ryanair (2), Alaska Airlines (1) and Royal Air Maroc (1).
That depends on your passport and trip, so check the official source for Romania: European Commission: Schengen visa policy. Connecting elsewhere? Check that country's transit rules too.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Europe/Budapest, Europe/Bucharest; flight time is our estimate.