Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → BUD
New York to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$621
−14%
below its usual $720
you keep $99
Found
- Depart
- Thu 6 May
- Return
- Fri 28 May
- Stay
- 22 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 9h
- Airline
Condor
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $717 and $720. The drop beats 36% 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 May around $621 and peak in November near $803, 29% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 9 hours outbound, on a 22-night trip — ticketed under Condor, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $621 for 7,008 km each way, that works out to about $44 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 11 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Budapest, this fare ranks 4th — 15% above the $540 from Seoul. For context, the middle fare among the 36 routes of similar length we watch out of New York is $597. The best time to be in Budapest: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
The 6 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $739 then versus $775 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 $372, on 12 Oct.
These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in May, around $621
14% below the $720 typical fare
$718Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$803Nov, above the usual price. Compare November fares.$729Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$621May ’27, the cheapest month. Compare May fares.$717Aug, around the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈9 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈7,008 km each way
- Typical price
- $720 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Condor
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
NYC → BUD, answered.
Is $621 a good price for New York to Budapest?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $720 round-trip and this fare is 14% 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 New York to Budapest?
Across 4 months of cached-fare history, May 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 NYC → 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, May comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Budapest?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Condor. 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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