ExceptionalNonstop · 2.5h
FRA to ALCSpain
Alicante
$60
usually $235
−74%
Most monthly lows $146–$236. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · FRA → BUD
Frankfurt to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$94
−43%
below its usual $165
you keep $71
RareFound
- Depart
- Sat 7 Nov
- Return
- Tue 10 Nov
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 4h
- Airline
Ryanair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $145 and $165. The drop beats 91% of measured fares on the board, over 6 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 $94 and peak in September near $171, 82% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 4 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip — ticketed under Ryanair, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $94 for 817 km each way, that works out to about $58 per 1,000 km flown. That is above the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 6 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Budapest, this fare ranks 5th — 2.1× the $45 we hold from Milan. The best time to be in Budapest: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 7 Nov, $94
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 25% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $150 then versus $188 now, across 17 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 $89, on 7 Nov.
October 2026
151617Sunday 18 October: $188, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $232, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $214, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $264, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $258, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $207, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $145, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27282930Saturday 31 October: $146, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
1Monday 2 November: $151, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Wednesday 4 November: $202, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $108, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $94, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.8Monday 9 November: $163, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.10111213Saturday 14 November: $120, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15Monday 16 November: $136, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.171819Friday 20 November: $156, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $116, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223242526Friday 27 November: $195, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
Tuesday 1 December: $150, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2345Sunday 6 December: $163, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.789101112131415161718Saturday 19 December: $193, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Monday 21 December: $195, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2223Thursday 24 December: $214, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $227, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.262728293031
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CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 115 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $94
43% below the $165 typical fare
$145Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$94Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$150Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$145Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$165May, around the usual price. Compare May fares.$171Sep, around the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Frankfurt to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Frankfurt (FRA) · Hahn (HHN) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈4 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈817 km each way
- Typical price
- $165 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ryanair
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
FRA → BUD, answered.
Is $94 a good price for Frankfurt to Budapest?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $165 round-trip. At $94 you're 43% below that, which we rate rare for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Frankfurt to Budapest?
Across 6 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 FRA → 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 6 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 Frankfurt to Budapest?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Ryanair. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
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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