ExceptionalNonstop · 3.5h
LON to RAKMorocco
Marrakech
$48
usually $130
−63%
Most monthly lows $74–$164. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · LON → BUD
London to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$66
−12%
below its usual $75
you keep $9
Found
- Depart
- Mon 30 Nov
- Return
- Wed 2 Dec
- Stay
- 2 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2.5h
- Airline
easyJet
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $71 and $108. The drop beats 29% of measured fares on the board, over 5 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 $66 and peak in October near $126, 91% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies easyJet nonstop and takes about 2.5 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip. At $66 for 1,449 km each way, that works out to about $23 per 1,000 km flown. That is well under the $41 per 1,000 km that short-haul fares on this board typically run. Across the 8 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Budapest, this fare ranks 2nd — 38% above the $48 from Brussels. For context, the middle fare among the 15 routes of similar length we watch out of London is $55. The best time to be in Budapest: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 30 Nov, $66
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 52% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $210 then versus $100 now, across 19 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 $49, on 11 Nov.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $163, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1819Tuesday 20 October: $177, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $129, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $291, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.24Sunday 25 October: $247, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Tuesday 27 October: $209, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $126, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $192, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $156, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $78, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $78, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $69, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.45Friday 6 November: $94, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 7 November: $70, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $73, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.910Wednesday 11 November: $73, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Friday 13 November: $120, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $87, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 15 November: $85, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 16 November: $69, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.17Wednesday 18 November: $101, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 19 November: $102, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20212223242526272829Monday 30 November: $66, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.
December 2026
123Friday 4 December: $99, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 5 December: $71, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.67Tuesday 8 December: $72, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.91011Saturday 12 December: $93, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.131415161718192021Tuesday 22 December: $278, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728Tuesday 29 December: $155, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
123456789101112131415161718192021Friday 22 January: $76, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 107 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $66
12% below the $75 typical fare
$126Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$66Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$71Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$76Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$108Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, London to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Heathrow (LHR) · Gatwick (LGW) · Stansted (STN) · Luton (LTN) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈2.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,449 km each way
- Typical price
- $75 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- easyJet
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
LON → BUD, answered.
Is $66 a good price for London to Budapest?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $75 round-trip and this fare is 12% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from London to Budapest?
Across 5 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 LON → 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 5 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 London to Budapest?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (easyJet). The outbound leg runs around 2.5 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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