ExceptionalNonstop · 2h
ROM to OTPRomania
Bucharest
$59
usually $165
−64%
Most monthly lows $79–$165. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · ROM → BUD
Rome to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$60
−25%
below its usual $80
you keep $20
GoodFound
- Depart
- Tue 22 Dec
- Return
- Fri 25 Dec
- Stay
- 3 nights
- Flight
- Nonstop · 1.5h
- Airline
Malta Air
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $73 and $89. The drop beats 67% of measured fares on the board, over 8 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 December around $60 and peak in March near $124, 107% dearer, across the 8 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking flies Malta Air nonstop and takes about 1.5 hours outbound, on a 3-night trip. At $60 for 810 km each way, that works out to about $37 per 1,000 km flown. That is below 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 3rd — 33% above the $45 from Milan. It is also the 2nd cheapest of the 9 routes of similar length we watch out of Rome. The best time to be in Budapest: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 22 Dec, $60
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 51% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $63 then versus $95 now, across 23 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 $41, on 13 Nov.
October 2026
1718Monday 19 October: $150, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 20 October: $97, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $115, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $153, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324252627Wednesday 28 October: $82, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $174, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $169, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
Sunday 1 November: $165, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 2 November: $89, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 3 November: $90, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 4 November: $98, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 5 November: $104, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 6 November: $101, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.7Sunday 8 November: $96, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 9 November: $83, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.101112Friday 13 November: $113, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.141516171819202122Monday 23 November: $82, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 24 November: $77, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 25 November: $75, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Friday 27 November: $99, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.282930
December 2026
1Wednesday 2 December: $102, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.3Friday 4 December: $111, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.567Tuesday 8 December: $67, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.9Thursday 10 December: $85, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 11 December: $79, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 12 December: $79, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.13Monday 14 December: $78, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.151617Friday 18 December: $117, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 19 December: $77, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 20 December: $93, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Monday 21 December: $71, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $60, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.2324Friday 25 December: $99, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 26 December: $144, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 27 December: $144, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2829Wednesday 30 December: $186, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 31 December: $80, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
January 2027
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026 · bands from 127 tracked fares
Cheapest in Dec, around $60
25% below the $80 typical fare
$82Oct, around the usual price. Compare October fares.$75Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$60Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$60Jan ’27, below the usual price. Compare January fares.$124Mar, above the usual price. Compare March fares.$101Apr, above the usual price. Compare April fares.$73Jul, below the usual price. Compare July fares.$89Sep, above the usual price. Compare September fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Rome to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Fiumicino (FCO) · Ciampino (CIA) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈1.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈810 km each way
- Typical price
- $80 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Malta Air
- Itineraries
- Nonstop available
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ROM → BUD, answered.
Is $60 a good price for Rome to Budapest?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $80 round-trip. At $60 you're 25% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Rome to Budapest?
Across 8 months of cached-fare history, Dec 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 ROM → 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 8 months of cached fares, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Rome 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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