$367 Find Cheap Flights from Budapest to California

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Cheap Flights from Budapest to California

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$658
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$596
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$770
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$1,110
Los Angeles
Los Angeles1 stop$658
San Francisco
San Francisco1 stop$596
San Diego
San Diego2 stops$770
Palm Springs
Palm Springs2 stops$1,110

Book Cheap Budapest to California Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Budapest to California that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Budapest to California

Sun, Mar 8 - Mon, Mar 23
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
7:55 pm - 3:35 pm
BUD
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SFO
27h 40m
1 stop
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
5:40 pm - 7:10 pm
SFO
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BUD
17h 30m
1 stop
$596Scandinavian Airlines
Wed, Apr 15 - Wed, May 6
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:55 pm - 10:12 pm
BUD
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LAS
33h 17m
2 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:20 pm - 7:15 pm
LAS
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BUD
14h 55m
1 stop
$598Multiple Airlines
Sun, Mar 8 - Mon, Mar 23
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
7:55 pm - 3:35 pm
BUD
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SFO
27h 40m
1 stop
Scandinavian Airlines Logo
5:40 pm - 7:10 pm
SFO
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BUD
17h 30m
1 stop
$599Scandinavian Airlines
Tue, Apr 21 - Tue, Apr 28
Lufthansa Logo
5:55 am - 1:10 pm
BUD
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LAX
16h 15m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
5:30 pm - 11:30 pm
LAX
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BUD
21h 00m
1 stop
$672Lufthansa
Tue, May 5 - Tue, May 12
Lufthansa Logo
5:55 am - 1:10 pm
BUD
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LAX
16h 15m
1 stop
Lufthansa Logo
5:30 pm - 11:30 pm
LAX
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BUD
21h 00m
1 stop
$675Lufthansa
Tue, Apr 21 - Mon, Apr 27
United Airlines Logo
5:55 am - 1:10 pm
BUD
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LAX
16h 15m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
6:45 pm - 11:30 pm
LAX
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BUD
19h 45m
2 stops
$676United Airlines
Thu, Mar 26 - Wed, Apr 8
United Airlines Logo
10:05 am - 4:55 pm
BUD
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SFO
14h 50m
1 stop
United Airlines Logo
10:50 am - 4:50 pm
SFO
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BUD
21h 00m
2 stops
$677United Airlines
Fri, Feb 13 - Mon, Feb 23
British Airways Logo
12:10 pm - 10:11 am
BUD
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SJC
31h 01m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
6:00 am - 11:30 am
SJC
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BUD
20h 30m
2 stops
$893British Airways
Thu, Feb 19 - Thu, Apr 16
British Airways Logo
7:15 am - 10:11 am
BUD
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SJC
35h 56m
2 stops
British Airways Logo
12:47 pm - 1:05 am
SJC
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BUD
27h 18m
2 stops
$952British Airways
Mon, Mar 9 - Wed, Mar 11
American Airlines Logo
12:15 pm - 9:30 am
BUD
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BUR
29h 15m
3 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:00 am - 2:55 pm
BUR
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BUD
23h 55m
2 stops
$5,604American Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Budapest to California flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Budapest to California to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

How much is a round-trip flight from Budapest to California?

This analysis is based on the cheapest round-trip price found on KAYAK in the last 12 months by searching for a flight from Budapest to California departing in March.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Budapest to California?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Budapest to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Budapest to California is March, when tickets cost $645 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $849 and $841 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Budapest to California?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Budapest to California, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Budapest to California, you should book around 4 weeks before departure, which saves you about 14% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonFebruary
Cheapest flight$367
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 5% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 4% increase in price.
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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Budapest to California

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Budapest to California. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
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7.6
SWISSOverall score based on 1864 reviews
7.1Food
7.7Boarding
8.3Crew
7.4Comfort
6.8Entertainment
Airline reviews

Great flight. I didn't watch the entertainment. I used my iPad the whole flight. But, staff was great, smooth flight, comfortable seat (business seat 7A) and food was really good (I'm a vegetarian).

10.0 ExcellentJanie, Jan 2026
ZRH - SFO
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Great flight. I didn't watch the entertainment. I used my iPad the whole flight. But, staff was great, smooth flight, comfortable seat (business seat 7A) and food was really good (I'm a vegetarian).

Bad experience overall. Crew did not provide food for our 2 year old (even though we specifically bought a child infant seat for her and literally bought another full price flight), which was unacceptable. And we had to pay $310 each way to carry our ski equipment even though they advertise it as something that is free. Tickets were purchased the same way as usual, but they told us we had Economy Light tickets (I never elected to have such seats). Just plain manipulation and false advertisment. Very disappointed overall about this airline.

The flight was very nice but the food selection for the people in the last rows was limited to vegetarian meals only. I think vegetarian meal should not be offered as a main selection.

Horrible!! The WiFi was not working, the food was awful

0lane 2qs on tim3. Very bad food. No free wifi, only for texts. Entertainment poor and hard to access.

At boarding, the locations where we had to have our passports checked prior to boarding were very unclear. Occasional staff wandered around telling people, but in busy area of the terminal this was not obvious. It was also located well after the check in desk in terms of walking to the gate. The Premium Economy service was attentive and warm. The only big draw back was lack of restrooms, and no division or even curtain between PE and Economy.

We had seats between the bathroom and a screaming baby, and did not have enough room to lay my head down on the tray table. Not ideal.

Very nice crew and great food. Easy to board just wish the flight could be shorter or seats more comfortable or more room to walk around when you get cramps in your legs from sitting so long. Crew was great and attentive and really was good food.

My experience was wonderful. The professionalism of the crew was exemplary 🙂. The meals were wholesome and tasty. I have no complaints

Everything was smooth and great. I didnt like that they talk so much on the interphone during the flight.

Very poor. The flight was delayed from Toronto because some forget to do there job . I got to my connecting gate in San Francisco 10 minutes before the departure.but this didn’t let me board even though the flight was still there for an other 30 minutes. The the gentleman at the unite airline desk told me that they usually wait for passengers but air Canada called and told them not to we I been rerouted to Manila instead of Hong Kong . In San Francisco they mad me check in my carryon bag . I was told the it will directly go yo ho chi minn cuyt but I was told that by the Vietnams airline desk that’s not there I’m 10 hours behind my scheduled flight and looks like I I’m going without baggage. I don’t have a chance of catching ..

First class ticket gets you a choice of chips or nuts. . Just like economy Southwest. Also no screen in the seats. This is first class???!

Flight arrived 30 min early and bag was waiting at the baggage pickup. United Club HNL was one of the nicest in the system

Mean flight attendant. I wanted to reuse my plastic cup, but he (Matthew) said he can't for safety. I then said "I don't want water then" and he poured me a glass. I hope Matthew gets herpes and spends the rest of his life poor, lonely, and homeless.

Yet another flight in which beverage and snack service was skipped. Other that that, firmly mediocre. Landed early, to gate late due to congestion at the gates. Airline's fault or airports fault: unknown.

Both flights delayed. 2nd flight over 3 hours late mechanical issues

Flight was delayed 45 minutes because originating flight was coming from Newark. No complimentary snacks were offered on this 5+ hour flight. No screens for the flight, but movies offered if you had already downloaded the United app (which I hadn't on my ipad). No USB ports, only a flimsy plug-in port near the bottom of the seat that was hard to see and kept coming unplugged.

It was good but only meal served is very less. Meantime good to add rice and chicken in one of meal

Teeny tiny bathrooms, crew was not realistic about when we'd arrive.

On the way my flight entertainment wouldn’t work the screen went black and no matter how many times I tried to turn it on it wouldn’t. Food was surprisingly good but the tray tables were tiny so you couldn’t get anything else on the table. The seats hardly go back and are not overly comfortable. Wouldn’t fly United again.

Our trip plan from Kayak stated we were flying SAS. That was not true. The first leg was a Delta flight. We wasted 25 minutes before finding out to check in with the correct airline. Then our SAS flight for the second leg arrived 25 minutes late, and our third leg flight with SAS closed the gate knowing the flight delay was SAS’s fault, and that this flight would only be backed up 5 minutes. The final kicker was that between Delta and SAS, they lost all our checked luggage.

Since our earlier flight was delayed, we missed this flight and were rerouted on Lufthansa 2 days later.

Scandinavian Airlines is terrible. Flight was late. Lost luggage. Rude flight attendants. Terrible experience.

The flight was very cold, and the seats were rather uncomfortable. The food has been better on our other SAS experiences. Most significantly, the luggage with most of my wife's personal items and clothes didn't make the flight. Hoping for a quick resolution, but no real opportunity to speak with a Human has us concerned.

One of our bags was never put on the flight in Copenhagen. Now that we're home in the USA, my wife is still without most of her clothes and personal items as she returns to work this week. Hoping for a quick resolution, but there seems to be little chance of speaking with an actual person in the process.

Ancient aircraft (busted armrests, poor cabin temperature with no option for passenger control). Garbage everywhere. Risible checking of safely conditions on landing. Also, late.

Feels like economy sits are getting smaller especially while eating food

I was surprised how good an American airline can be - I was really impressed.

Cut out the nickel and dime pricing for "seat selection" and baggage, To do this on an international flight is just mind boggling. Seriously, why treat customers this way??? Nobody wants these hidden extra fees and everybody hates them. Also plane was too warm and no air vent, and water dripped from the ceiling at one point,

It was so hot on the plane. No air jets above the seats

Not great - seats were very narrow and food was terrible.

Some of the crew was sassy and not super helpful. The food was okay, but it seems like they were all unprepared compared to my flight I did from JFK to Frankfurt

We missed our flight. There was not enough time built into the layover to get through immigration, customs, bagclaim, bag rechecking, and the long trip to another terminal and gate. Kayak really screwed up. We took the bus up to Wisconsin and then were picked up in Brookfield by private car. It was lucky we didnt miss the last bus out.

We were in premium economy seats that appeared to be locked in plae, No reclining. My aching back.

I don’t understand how they charge as much as they do for such a poor experience

Lufthansa flight LH04414 from Munich to Washington DC, was fine. Efficient and safe!

I wish the plane had pod seating for business class. I had a window seat (8K) and I had to climb over the person sitting on the aisle when I needed to get up. Also there is no partition between the seats for privacy when sleeping. The Asian airlines have much nicer business class seating. Their seats are wider for better comfort when sleeping.

Bumpy ride, not Lufthansa‘s fault. Crew managed a situation over a back rest to far down well. It was two iles behind me. The person putting the seat down, against the other person’s knees, was quite rude and belligerent and needed to be told in a no nonsense matter to stopp. Male flight attendant did good job.

Patrick and the whole crew were amazing! Hope to have this team for all my European trips.

Smooth flight with enough time for connection. Ran out of meal options. In-flight and gate staff were friendly and helpful. Good service overall.

My touch screen at my seat wasn't working, the films BA advertised on the website for this flight were not available, and the plane was a little dated, food was good and the staff were good, just let down by the aircraft facilities.

Did not like the seating configuration at all with 2+3+2 in business class. Lacking total privacy and comfort

The flight crew was kind, flexible, and accommodating. The seats on the plane were extremely uncomfortable.

Check-in experience, for business call please provide a premium experience

Lost my luggage, ran out of food choices in business class, ground crew was completely unapologetic.

Excellent. The crew and flight were great. Checking in was easy and everyone was very helpful.

Entertainment devices on A380 need to be fixed, the seats might do with updates.

Everything. Employees offered to help me because I had to use a cane.

Check-in and boarding were great. On flight staff were rude and disrespectful. Paid for extra room and found it incredibly cramped. Bathrooms kept in poor condition. Overall negative experience.

Great seat in premium economy, great food and drinks throughout lots of in flight entertainment. 1 hour 40 min delayed flying out , 2 1/2 hour wait at passport control in tampa

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