ExceptionalNonstop · 1.5h
PAR to VCEItaly
Venice
$38
usually $110
−65%
Most monthly lows $53–$112. Cheaper than every other month on record (7).
Flights · PAR → BUD
Paris to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$96
−26%
below its usual $130
you keep $34
GoodFound
- Depart
- Fri 13 Nov
- Return
- Sun 15 Nov
- Stay
- 2 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 2h
- Airline
Ryanair
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $117 and $154. The drop beats 69% 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 November around $95 and peak in October near $232, 144% dearer, across the 7 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Ryanair nonstop and takes about 2 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip. At $96 for 1,244 km each way, that works out to about $39 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $41 per 1,000 km typical of short-haul fares here. Across the 10 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Budapest, this fare ranks 9th — 2.0× the $48 we hold from Brussels. For context, the middle fare among the 14 routes of similar length we watch out of Paris is $86. The best time to be in Budapest: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 21 Nov, $95
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 20% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $146 then versus $175 now, across 18 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 $64, on 10 Sep.
October 2026
13141516Saturday 17 October: $345, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $368, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 19 October: $232, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $265, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $340, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $398, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.232425262728293031
November 2026
123456Saturday 7 November: $111, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 8 November: $105, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $198, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 10 November: $138, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 11 November: $131, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 12 November: $105, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 13 November: $96, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 14 November: $122, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.15Monday 16 November: $102, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 17 November: $123, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.18Thursday 19 November: $100, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.20Saturday 21 November: $95, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.222324252627282930
December 2026
1234Saturday 5 December: $117, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 6 December: $141, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7891011121314151617181920Monday 21 December: $175, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $271, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.242526Sunday 27 December: $197, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 28 December: $189, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 29 December: $243, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 30 December: $173, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
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CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026 · bands from 121 tracked fares
Cheapest in Nov, around $95
27% below the $130 typical fare
$232Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$95Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$117Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$128Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$96Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$134Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$154Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Paris to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Charles de Gaulle (CDG) · Orly (ORY) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈2 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈1,244 km each way
- Typical price
- $130 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ryanair
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
PAR → BUD, answered.
Is $96 a good price for Paris to Budapest?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $130 round-trip. At $96 you're 26% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Paris to Budapest?
Across 7 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 PAR → 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, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Paris to Budapest?
Yes — the current board includes nonstop fares (Ryanair). 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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