ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
ATH to WAWPoland
Warsaw
$48
usually $125
−62%
Most monthly lows $85–$133. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · ATH → BUD
Athens to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$76
−31%
below its usual $110
you keep $34
GreatFound
- Depart
- Sat 14 Nov
- Return
- Sat 21 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2h
- Airline
Wizz Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $101 and $110. The drop beats 79% of measured fares on the board, over 4 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
HungaryBudapestThermal baths, ruin bars and a river splitting two cities — still the best value capital in Europe.Best windowApr–Jun · Sep–OctAirportsFerenc Liszt (BUD)Every route into BudapestFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in November around $76 and peak in December near $112, 47% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Wizz Air nonstop and takes about 2 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip. At $76 for 1,124 km each way, that works out to about $34 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Budapest, this fare ranks 4th — 58% above the $48 from Brussels. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of Athens. The best time to be in Budapest: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 28% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $116 then versus $148 now, across 21 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $57, on 14 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 11 of 107 days priced, from 87 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
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Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $76
31% below the $110 typical fare
$101Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$76Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$112Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$108Feb ’27, around the usual price. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Athens to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈2 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,124 km each way
- Typical price
- $110 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Wizz Air
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ATH → BUD, answered.
Is $76 a good price for Athens to Budapest?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $110 round-trip. At $76 you're 31% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Athens to Budapest?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, Nov comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Budapest are Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book ATH → Budapest?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 4 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Athens to Budapest?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Wizz Air). The outbound leg runs around 2 hours.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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