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Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights to Budapest that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.

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Recommended return deals departing in the coming months from the most popular airlines that fly to Budapest.
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19:35 - 8:45JNB-BUD
13h 10m1 stop
20:00 - 9:20BUD-JNB
13h 20m1 stop
R10 142SWISS
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Wed, Apr 9 - Fri, Apr 25
19:35 - 8:45JNB-BUD
13h 10m1 stop
17:30 - 8:35BUD-JNB
15h 05m2 stops
R11 169
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Wed, Apr 9 - Fri, Apr 25
23:35 - 23:00CPT-BUD
23h 25m1 stop
6:20 - 21:30BUD-CPT
15h 10m1 stop
R13 718Air France
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Tue, Apr 1 - Tue, Apr 8
13:25 - 14:20JNB-BUD
24h 55m1 stop
22:40 - 5:30BUD-JNB
30h 50m1 stop
R16 158Emirates
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Sat, Aug 2 - Mon, Aug 11
16:35 - 8:00CPT-BUD
15h 25m1 stop
13:55 - 11:50BUD-CPT
21h 55m1 stop
R17 350Turkish Airlines
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Mon, May 5 - Mon, May 19
16:35 - 19:35CPT-BUD
27h 00m1 stop
13:55 - 11:50BUD-CPT
21h 55m1 stop
R18 652Turkish Airlines
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Thu, Apr 17 - Sun, Apr 27
19:00 - 23:35JNB-BUD
28h 35m2 stops
13:25 - 8:35BUD-JNB
19h 10m2 stops
R19 697Lufthansa
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Sat, Aug 2 - Mon, Aug 11
22:20 - 14:20JNB-BUD
16h 00m1 stop
16:05 - 20:50BUD-JNB
28h 45m1 stop
R20 101Emirates
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Sat, Apr 5 - Fri, Apr 11
9:05 - 13:50JNB-BUD
28h 45m3 stops
10:00 - 16:10BUD-JNB
30h 10m1 stop
R22 999Qatar Airways
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Sat, Apr 5 - Fri, Apr 11
11:30 - 13:50JNB-BUD
26h 20m2 stops
10:00 - 16:10BUD-JNB
30h 10m1 stop
R23 622Qatar Airways
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Sat, Apr 5 - Fri, Apr 11

Flights to Budapest - Travel Insights & Trends

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights to Budapest to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest day to fly to Budapest?

The average price of all round-trip flights to Budapest clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to Budapest is Tuesday where round-trip tickets can be as cheap as R13 500. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, where round-trip prices are R15 705 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly to Budapest?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights to Budapest, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.
The cheapest month for flights to Budapest is February, where tickets cost R9 995 on average for return flights. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and August, where the average cost of tickets from South Africa is R15 883 and R15 479 respectively. For one-way flights, the best month to travel is February with an average price of R9 995.

What is the cheapest time of day to fly to Budapest?

The average price for all round-trip flights to Budapest depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to Budapest is generally in the morning, when round-trip flights cost R12 667 on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to Budapest is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is R15 083.

How far in advance should I book a flight to Budapest?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights to Budapest, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.
To get a below average price, you should book around 4 weeks before departure. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low season

February

High season

July

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R10 142
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When to book flights to Budapest

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel to Budapest based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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KAYAK looks at all historical flight data for each date to provide a predicted price for one-way trips or returns with a duration up to 40 days. The information is for flights to Budapest based on your location. While we try to provide actual minimum prices for each date, some prices are predictions and actual prices may differ.

FAQs - booking Budapest flights

  • How far is Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl Airport from central Budapest?

    You’ll need to travel 17 km to reach the Budapest city centre from Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl Airport.

  • What is the name of Budapest’s airport?

    Budapest is served by Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl Airport, also commonly referred to as Ferenc Liszt Intl or Ferihegy. The airport code is BUD.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Budapest?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Budapest.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Budapest?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Budapest is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Budapest?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Budapest with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Budapest?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Budapest up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top tips for finding cheap flights to Budapest

  • Book at least 1 week before departure in order to get a below-average price.
  • High season is considered to be May, June and July. The cheapest month to fly from South Africa is February.
  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Budapest flight deals.

Prefer to fly direct to Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl?

Find which airlines fly direct to Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl Airport, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

South Africa to Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl

Monday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Austral, +62 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +63 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Austral, +60 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +61 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Air Austral, +61 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +62 more

Thursday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Austral, +63 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +64 more

Friday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +65 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +66 more

Saturday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Austral, +56 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +57 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Air Austral, +64 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +65 more

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Direct returns

Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl to South Africa

Monday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Austral, +62 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +63 more

Tuesday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Austral, +60 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +61 more

Wednesday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Air Austral, +61 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +62 more

Thursday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Austral, +63 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +64 more

Friday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Aer Lingus, +65 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +66 more

Saturday

ANA, Aegean Airlines, Air Austral, +56 more

ANA, Aegean Airlines, +57 more

Sunday

ANA, Aer Lingus, Air Austral, +64 more

ANA, Aer Lingus, +65 more

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Top 5 airlines flying to Budapest

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying to Budapest. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline from South Africa to Budapest. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with to Budapest? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
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EmiratesOverall score based on 3275 reviews
8,2Entertainment
8,0Comfort
8,3Crew
8,1Boarding
7,9Food
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I would never have been able to make the transfer in time without asking for a wheelchair

8,0 ExcellentAnonymous, Feb 2025DXB - LAX
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I would never have been able to make the transfer in time without asking for a wheelchair

Very bad groud crew taking bags less than 7kg Bad food Old plane

The service was excellent. We flew coach on this leg of our trip and it was still very pleasant.

Enough vegetarian food was not available on the flight for all vegetarian guests on the plane. Crew did not adequately handle this experience

Worst trip ever from the beginning to the end I will never travel with that airline again. I made a big mistake by not going with my regular schedule flight with Qatar airline. Even underpriced cheat me of my 134 dollars I paid for special seats and they kept my money and didn't pay the airline for the seats for me.

Usually Emirates is my go to Airline on this flight: 1) All the crew seemed very inexperienced 2) Meal service for 7 hour flight was very slow - slowest I have ever experienced. 3) ONE flight attendant in economy serviced everyone on the left aisle in 2 cabins - thats 6 passengers per row (half the row) and over 30 rows of passengers. The others were no where to be seen. Thats pouring drinks and serving trays and offering options of meal and drinks for 180 passengers. by herself. In most flights it's 2 attendants per cart servicing one section. 4) Meal was not served till 3.5 hours later for some passengers at the back. 5) As a result only one meal was served even though the menu explicitly said 2. 6) Everyone was thirsty and starving 7) There were 2 loud crashes at the back galley 8) One passenger was out cold due to the sleeping tablets he had taken. The Flight attendants in their inexperience chose to try wake him up and create a situation where passengers were panicking and the passenger finally woke up and was annoyed. 9) They chose to wake up every sleeping passenger to feed them rather than move past the sleeping passengers. Do they know how hard it is to actually sleep on a plane?

Fresh energetic and friendly crew, great food, brand new plane and non stop entertainment

On the DXB to IAD flight, missed the snack between the meals again...

No Vegetarian options onboard, made to wait for a long time for boarding

The experience of the flight. The food options have definitely gone down

I took this flight to be able to fly with Swiss instead of Air Canada from Geneva.. The AC planes have a better outfit in Business class than Swiss, but the service aboard Swiss is really best, first-class, as is the food and beverages. Though using the same plane model (A330-300), the interior setup of the cabin starts to show its age, but IMO the planes are better serviced by Swiss than AC. I had in my recent trips with AC way too many technical problems that led to delays or even complete cancellation of my flight.. Their fleet is aging (average 20+ years) and the maintenance has taken a toll compared to years ago. Cutting costs in every corner has to be paid sometime by someone, and it's the travelers at the end that pays for it. Unfortunately for me, flying directly to Zurich puts a much longer after-fly trip on me than Geneva.. so I might go back to direct flight YUL-GVA, even if I don't like flying with AC.

We're talking about a short-haul in-country flight.. there is no confort, no food, just the bottle of water. The seats are squeezed like hell and I was in the back-end of the plane, with one spare row left for the crew and to store excess bags that could not fit in the overhead bin.. Speaking of carry-on, some passengers should be better screened as their bags were simply too big to fit in the overhead bins.. ! How can this happen, and it was an A310, with 2 columns of 3-seater rows.. There is a pseudo-Business class, which is simply a section in the front of the plane where the same seats are occupied only 2 out of 3, on each side, leaving more rooms for the passengers and their bags. That's it.

We are flying with Swiss for a long time but this time was terrible do to are flight cancellations we are in some bad hotel with out normal food

Nothing special.. they could have provided something to eat without a charge

For the price of the ticket it's probably the best service in the world

Everything was great except food . It as okay not good not bad

better announcing at the gate prior to boarding and better organization of various gps

The plane was good - on time! But can the stewardesses smile or actually be nice - not to bark the commands

Edelweiss is now Nickle&dimming, not even a complimentary wine on the intercontinental flight. Sitting space is the smallest I have ever seen.

I would recommend flying SWISS to anyone. Very impressed by the quality of food. The staff was extremely kind and accommodating. They arranged a shuttle to help a group of passengers make connecting flights when there was a delay.

I was denied lounge facility at airport. Explanation was not satisfactory.

The Qatar Airways staff pre-boarding and also on the flight from Dallas to Doha were incredibly mediocre and arrogant. Consider retraining these individuals Other flights were ok.

The only thing that could have been better, is that the food trays get left way to long after a meal. We had a snack 8 hrs into the trip, and they left us with the boxes and cups for way too long. It is not fun being trapped in your seat unnecessarily

I purchased Qatar airways after seeing ads about its service. To my surprise Qatar is marketing gimmick and horrible airlines which I don’t recommend to anyone Flight was dirty including flight from Miami to Doha And Doha airport restrooms are dirty On top of this they use this pathetic cheap indigo From Doha to Hyderabad which I will never fly Also they lost one of my baggage in Indigo and still waiting to receive it. I will never travel Qatar and will never recommend

Aircraft was spacious compared to American Airlines, food was great, entertainment was much better with a wide variety of options, and the crew was very polite.

Qatar Airways in-flight first/business class service is superior to any US airline; excellent meals are served on short haul flights such as between DXB and DOH.

Delayed my flights and no communication. We end up spending 6 hrs in Doha. No food or any concern from the airline. Terrible

Do not overbook flights and kick out confirmed ticketed passengers :-(

Check in desk people constrained by fear. Obvious typo on Uganda visa, even though approved, caused loss of flight. Something is definitely wrong with this system.

Fly Qatar Airways is always amazing. Their service and care for details is really very good.

It was my first time flying with Turkish Airlines, but I found the staff—from the airport to the cabin crew—to be somewhat dismissive and overly direct. This experience left me feeling discouraged about even considering a visit to Turkey in the future.

The fully flat bed in business class on the 777 is a little narrow, and the 2-3-2 configuration is now dated, but otherwise a comfortable and pleasant flight. It’s hard to beat the value too.

they have cancell the flight with no reasons, My parents were in the cold weather in the airport for 24 hours they did not give any hotel and food. I hate Turkish Airline, this is our last time that we ha ve chosen Turkish Airline.

Same as before boarding process and lack of crew experience in the process

I liked the ability to walk and stand in the crew area. I hated the security check experience before boarding. The airport staff were so rude, yelling at us unnecessarily, delaying us on purpose, and even threatening to call the police on us!

Vegan food tasted good. Restroom could be kept cleaner. Seat tray table was a bit tilted so food tray kept sliding down a bit. Flight crew can be a little more friendly, caring and approachable. Their faces lacked smiles and tone was stern.

Their weakness is in boarding. Business class rarely boards first and there are no announcements explaining delays, so customers are always left waiting and wondering why boarding has paused.

Flight was delayed then we had to redirect for medical emergency during which time we had no information on what is the plan. The connecting flight was also delayed.

Horrible, they forgot our luggage, the food was terrible, the crew were rude, the flight was delayed, I hated every aspect of this flight

Old aircraft, very very low business class standards, no privacy between the seats, horrible old TVs, tiny bathrooms.

Flights were extremely delayed, then canceled, our baggage was lost due to this and the service reps at the counter couldn’t be bothered to help us put in a missing luggage claim.

The flight was so FULL That I had to keep BOTH my carry on AND my personal items ON my lap while I was sitting there for 10 hours Because the airline put ALL the other stuff into MY overhead cabin Most uncomfortable 10 hours of any flight I

My flight was delayed d the gate was never updated inside the terminal. If I hadn’t checked my email I would have missed my flight. Also, I paid a total of $5100 for my flight to be. Business or first class. My final leg of my flight from Heathrow to Frankfurt was not to standard of what I expected or experienced in the previous legs of my trip.

The flight was ok, the flight attendants were lovely, the movies were good, the food was ok, and I am just sad because my luggage didn't arrive with me in Iasi because the flight from Vancouver to Frankfurt was delayed and then I barely made the rest of my flights. Also, there was no real support once I got off each of the flights. There was nobody to ask about gate or where to be and for example when I got off in Vienna to catch the flight to Iasi there was no screen where I could read the gate and time of departure of the plane. I was going crazy trying to find the plane to Iasi and I barely made it. When my luggage finally arrived home it was broken. The handle was completely broken and that was not so good. I am in a visit here, in Romania, and I will have to buy a new luggage.

I am not sure I like the new Discover line of Lufthansa. I have been flying from us to Italy for the past 30 years and always favored Lufthansa ove other Companies because of cleanliness, service, food, beverage. When compared white other airlines Lufthansa was always considered one of the best. I can't say that anymore. I fly Lufthansa only because I consider the line MCO to FRA timely convenient for my schedule but always look for alternatives when before I was considering other routes only if the price was in question.

Staff very helpful. Seat comfortable. Food generous and pretty good.

Connection time and departure time were both changed to cause undue stree on older people who cant run through an airport

Both my flight to Germany and my flight from Germany to the USA were delayed which caused me to miss my connection and additional stress. I had to stay overnight in Chicago, compensated by the airline. All very frustrating. We sat in the runway in Germany for over an hour? Which was never explained and caused the additional day of travel.

Leg room was ok 1 flight attendant threw headphones at us. Very rude Overbooked flight thank goodness I got a seat Bathrooms smelled and urine all over the floor

Slightly delayed but still a more comfortable experience to take a real airline instead of a budget one.

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Recent return flight deals

 
These are the cheapest return flights to Budapest found on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
9/4Wed
1 stopSWISS
13h 10mJNB-BUD
25/4Fri
1 stopSWISS
13h 20mBUD-JNB
R10 142
9/4Wed
1 stop
13h 10mJNB-BUD
25/4Fri
2 stops
15h 05mBUD-JNB
R11 169
1/4Tue
1 stopAir France
23h 25mCPT-BUD
8/4Tue
1 stopAir France
15h 10mBUD-CPT
R13 718
2/8Sat
1 stopEmirates
24h 55mJNB-BUD
11/8Mon
1 stopEmirates
30h 50mBUD-JNB
R16 158
5/5Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
15h 25mCPT-BUD
19/5Mon
1 stopTurkish Airlines
21h 55mBUD-CPT
R17 350
17/4Thu
1 stopTurkish Airlines
27h 00mCPT-BUD
27/4Sun
1 stopTurkish Airlines
21h 55mBUD-CPT
R18 652
2/8Sat
2 stopsLufthansa
28h 35mJNB-BUD
11/8Mon
2 stopsLufthansa
19h 10mBUD-JNB
R19 697
5/4Sat
1 stopEmirates
16h 00mJNB-BUD
11/4Fri
1 stopEmirates
28h 45mBUD-JNB
R20 101
5/4Sat
3 stopsQatar Airways
28h 45mJNB-BUD
11/4Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
30h 10mBUD-JNB
R22 999
5/4Sat
2 stopsQatar Airways
26h 20mJNB-BUD
11/4Fri
1 stopQatar Airways
30h 10mBUD-JNB
R23 622

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