ExceptionalNonstop · 1h
MIL to GVASwitzerland
Geneva
$53
usually $145
−63%
Most monthly lows $99–$145. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · MIL → BUD
Milan to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$45
−10%
below its usual $50
you keep $5
Found
- Depart
- Wed 11 Nov
- Return
- Fri 13 Nov
- Stay
- 2 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 1.5h
- Airline
Malta Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $47 and $83. The drop beats 21% 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 October around $41 and peak in February near $51, 24% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Malta Air nonstop and takes about 1.5 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip. Of the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Budapest, this is the cheapest right now — 8% under the next one, Berlin. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 10 routes of similar length we watch out of Milan. The best time to be in Budapest: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 21 Oct, $41
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 80% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $49 then versus $88 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 $36, on 5 Oct.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $126, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $165, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $169, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $83, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $41, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.22Friday 23 October: $211, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $172, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.25Monday 26 October: $49, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Wednesday 28 October: $97, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 29 October: $99, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3031
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $101, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.23Wednesday 4 November: $47, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $73, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $124, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78910Wednesday 11 November: $45, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.12Friday 13 November: $63, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $137, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1516Tuesday 17 November: $54, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 18 November: $46, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Friday 20 November: $86, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 21 November: $67, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.222324Wednesday 25 November: $57, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $86, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Saturday 28 November: $84, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
12345Sunday 6 December: $127, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.78910111213Monday 14 December: $49, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15161718192021Tuesday 22 December: $57, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324252627Monday 28 December: $115, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $133, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $257, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 125 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $41
18% below the $50 typical fare
$41Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$45Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$49Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$47Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$51Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Milan to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Malpensa (MXP) · Linate (LIN) · Bergamo (BGY) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈1.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈787 km each way
- Typical price
- $50 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Malta Air
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
MIL → BUD, answered.
Is $45 a good price for Milan to Budapest?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $50 round-trip and this fare is 10% 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 Milan to Budapest?
Across 5 months of cached-fare history, Oct 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 MIL → 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, Oct comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Milan to Budapest?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Malta Air). The outbound leg runs around 1.5 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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