RareNonstop · 1.5h
ZRH to ROMItaly
Rome
$60
usually $100
−40%
Most monthly lows $69–$102. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · ZRH → BUD
Zurich to Budapest
Best fare, round trip
$147
−30%
below its usual $210
you keep $63
GreatFound
- Depart
- Tue 17 Nov
- Return
- Thu 19 Nov
- Stay
- 2 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 3.5h
- Airline
easyJet
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $173 and $211. The drop beats 78% 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 November around $147 and peak in October near $228, 55% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 3.5 hours outbound, on a 2-night trip — ticketed under easyJet, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. Across the 5 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Budapest, this fare ranks 5th — 3.3× the $45 we hold from Milan. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 6 routes of similar length we watch out of Zurich, where the middle fare is $147. The best time to be in Budapest: Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 5% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $246 then versus $234 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 $147, on 17 Nov.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 15 of 109 days priced, from 59 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
12345678910111213141516Tuesday 17 November: $147. Compare fares from this day.1819Friday 20 November: $234. Compare fares from this day.2122232425Thursday 26 November: $195. Compare fares from this day.27282930
December 2026
January 2027
Cached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $147
30% below the $210 typical fare
$228Oct, above the usual price. Compare October fares.$147Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$173Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$211Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Zurich to Budapest, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zurich (ZRH) ↔ Ferenc Liszt (BUD)
- Flight time
- ≈3.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈789 km each way
- Typical price
- $210 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- easyJet
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Apr–Jun · Sep–Oct
Good to know
ZRH → BUD, answered.
Is $147 a good price for Zurich to Budapest?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $210 round-trip. At $147 you're 30% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Zurich to Budapest?
Across 4 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 ZRH → 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, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Zurich to Budapest?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under easyJet. 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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