ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
BRU to STOSweden
Stockholm
$41
usually $135
−70%
Most monthly lows $125–$136. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · BRU → BUD
Brussels to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$48
−31%
below its usual $70
you keep $22
GreatFound
- Depart
- Fri 15 Jan
- Return
- Mon 18 Jan
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2h
- Airline
Wizz Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $67 and $112. The drop beats 79% of measured fares on the board, over 7 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 January around $48 and peak in October near $149, 210% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Wizz Air nonstop and takes about 2 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip. At $48 for 1,129 km each way, that works out to about $21 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $41 per 1,000 km that short-haul fares on this board typically run. Of the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Budapest, this is the cheapest right now — 26% under the next one, Copenhagen. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 10 routes of similar length we watch out of Brussels, where the middle fare is $87. 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 73% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $77 then versus $133 now, across 23 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 $42, on 27 Sep.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 20 of 107 days priced, from 110 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
1718Monday 19 October: $188. Compare fares from this day.202122Friday 23 October: $272. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $165. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $179. Compare fares from this day.Monday 26 October: $149. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 27 October: $162. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $156. Compare fares from this day.2930Saturday 31 October: $207. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $179. Compare fares from this day.23Wednesday 4 November: $152. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $101. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $105. Compare fares from this day.7891011121314151617Wednesday 18 November: $57. Compare fares from this day.19Friday 20 November: $95. Compare fares from this day.2122Monday 23 November: $50. Compare fares from this day.24252627282930
December 2026
12345678910Friday 11 December: $111. Compare fares from this day.121314Tuesday 15 December: $71. Compare fares from this day.16171819202122232425262728293031
January 2027
12345Wednesday 6 January: $116. Compare fares from this day.7891011121314Friday 15 January: $48. Compare fares from this day.16171819202122Saturday 23 January: $52. Compare fares from this day.2425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Jan, around $48
31% below the $70 typical fare
$149Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$50Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$71Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$48Jan ’27, the cheapest month. Compare January fares.$67Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$112Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$73Sep, around the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Brussels to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zaventem (BRU) · Charleroi (CRL) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈2 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,129 km each way
- Typical price
- $70 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Wizz Air
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
BRU → BUD, answered.
Is $48 a good price for Brussels to Budapest?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $70 round-trip. At $48 you're 31% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Brussels to Budapest?
Across 7 months of cached-fare history, Jan 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 BRU → 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 7 months of cached fares, Jan comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Brussels 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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