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$348 Find Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Budapest

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Cheapest round-trip
$666
Typical prices: $885-$662
Condor
Fri 10/9Sat 10/17
SFO - BUD • 1 stop
Cheapest one-way
$348
Typical prices: $478-$596
British Airways
Mon 8/10
SFO - BUD • 1 stop
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Cheapest • Avg $697 (round-trip)
Shortest trip • 14h 36m (one-way)
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Cheap Flights from San Francisco to Budapest (SFO-BUD)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Budapest 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 San Francisco to Budapest

Fri, Oct 9 - Sat, Oct 17
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4:30 pm - 4:05 pm
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14h 35m
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8:20 am - 2:30 pm
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15h 10m
1 stop
$666Condor
Tue, Oct 27 - Tue, Nov 10
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5:40 pm - 9:40 am
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32h 00m
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7:50 pm - 2:35 pm
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27h 45m
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$672Scandinavian Airlines
Sun, Sep 27 - Sun, Oct 11
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4:45 pm - 7:10 pm
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7:50 pm - 2:40 pm
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$673Scandinavian Airlines
Mon, Aug 31 - Wed, Sep 9
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14h 35m
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8:20 am - 2:30 pm
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15h 10m
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$690Condor
Mon, Jul 6 - Mon, Aug 31
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8:20 am - 2:30 pm
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$693Condor
Tue, Oct 13 - Wed, Oct 28
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4:45 pm - 9:45 am
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32h 00m
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7:50 pm - 3:35 pm
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$695Scandinavian Airlines
Wed, Sep 30 - Wed, Oct 14
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4:45 pm - 9:45 am
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32h 00m
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$701Scandinavian Airlines
Sun, Sep 6 - Mon, Sep 14
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20h 15m
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8:20 am - 2:30 pm
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15h 10m
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$702Condor
Mon, Sep 28 - Mon, Oct 12
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$705Condor
Wed, Sep 2 - Wed, Sep 16
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KAYAK's insights & trends for San Francisco to Budapest flights

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

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

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

What is the cheapest month to fly from San Francisco to Budapest?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Budapest, 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 San Francisco to Budapest is February, where tickets cost $643 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and July, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,203 and $1,071 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from San Francisco to Budapest, 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 San Francisco to Budapest, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 11% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 26 weeks before departure.

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Low seasonJanuary
Cheapest flight$348
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 11% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 29% increase in price.
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FAQs for booking flights from San Francisco to Budapest

  • Which airlines offer special diets on flights from San Francisco to Budapest?

    Some airlines that fly from San Francisco to Budapest, including Turkish and SWISS Airlines, may offer their passengers special meals on request. They are thus suitable for various travelers, especially those with medical conditions that may limit certain types of meals.

  • How convenient are flights from San Francisco to Budapest for persons with reduced mobility?

    At both the departure and arrival airports, all airlines that fly from San Francisco to Budapest offer complimentary wheelchair services to passengers with limited mobility. Lufthansa Airlines' cabin crew are renowned for their friendly nature and willingness to provide special services to people with limited mobility.

  • Can I upgrade to first class after booking economy for the flight from San Francisco?

    Yes. If you book Turkish Airlines business or economy class, you can choose to upgrade your flight for a small fee that varies from time to time and fly first class. Through the ticket upgrade strategy informed by the airline through a request mail, you'll end up paying less for the first class than you would if you had booked first class directly.

  • Which kid-friendly airline should families with kids consider for their flights from San Francisco to Budapest?

    One of the kid-friendly airlines travelers from San Francisco to Budapest should consider for their kids is Turkish Airlines. The airline's kid-friendly amenities include dedicated Unaccompanied Minors Services to ensure the safety and comfort of children traveling alone, kid-friendly packs containing coloring books and puzzles to keep them entertained and engaged throughout the flight, and the Kids Fly & Smile Program that allows children aged 2-12 to earn redeemable miles for their flights.

  • What is the cheapest flight from San Francisco to Budapest?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from San Francisco to Budapest was $348 for a one-way ticket and $666 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between San Francisco and Budapest?

    Yes, you'll most likely have to show a valid passport before boarding the plane in San Francisco and on arrival in Budapest.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from San Francisco to Budapest?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from San Francisco to Budapest?

    SkyTeam, oneworld, and Star Alliance are the airline alliances operating flights between San Francisco and Budapest, with SkyTeam being the most commonly used for this route.

  • What is the most popular layover when flying to Budapest from San Francisco?

    Frankfurt am Main is the most popular layover city among KAYAK users traveling from San Francisco to Budapest.

  • Which is the best airline for flights from San Francisco to Budapest, Delta or SWISS?

    The two airlines most popular with KAYAK users for flights from San Francisco to Budapest are Delta and SWISS. With an average price for the route of $1,046 and an overall rating of 7.9, Delta is the most popular choice. SWISS is also a great choice for the route, with an average price of $820 and an overall rating of 7.6.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from San Francisco to Budapest?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from San Francisco to Budapest.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from San Francisco to Budapest?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Budapest from San Francisco is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from San Francisco to Budapest?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Budapest with an airline and back to San Francisco with another airline. Booking your flights between San Francisco and BUD can sometimes prove cheaper using this method.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from San Francisco to Budapest?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Budapest from San Francisco up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

KAYAK’s top tips for finding a cheap flight from San Francisco to Budapest

  • Take a rental car from Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl (BUD) car rental center if you want to explore Budapest on your own after deplaning from your San Francisco to Budapest flight. At BUD, you can rent a car from companies like Avis, SIXT, Alamo, and Europcar in the Arrivals Corridor of Terminal 2.
  • Most airlines operating from San Francisco to Budapest have San Francisco International (SFO) as their departure airport and Budapest Ferenc Liszt Intl (BUD) as their destination airport. Most of them would also have at least a single layover. Some of the common layovers for flights from BUD to SFO include Istanbul Airport (IST), Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), and Frankfurt Airport (FRA).
  • Some of the most environmentally friendly flights to Budapest from San Francisco are provided by Austrian Airlines. This airline produces about 435 lbs fewer carbon dioxide emissions than a majority of its competitors.
  • Business travelers frequently consider Lufthansa when looking for flights from San Francisco to Budapest. An onboard lounge on Airbus A380 aircraft, a special diet for business travelers upon request, and free blankets and pillows are just a few of the unique business-friendly amenities offered by the airline.
  • After deplaning from your San Francisco to Budapest flight, you will have a variety of transport options to the city center. You can use a taxi, a minibus, a rental car, or a bus. If you want to travel directly from the airport to Downtown Budapest, consider boarding Bus 100E.

Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from San Francisco to Budapest

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from San Francisco to Budapest. 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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SWISSOverall score based on 1936 reviews
7.1Food
7.4Comfort
8.3Crew
6.8Entertainment
7.7Boarding
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The flight and all amenities were good to excellent. SWISS was awful to deal with. Every step of the way they nickel and dime you. Chose your seats? $14. Change your seats… No accounting for the prior payment. You get billed again. 17 pound restriction on overhead luggage, nonsense. It’s a weight in the plane whether it’s in the overhead or in check baggage. They just milk you for every cent they can and I resent it. The flight was excellent.

8.0 ExcellentAnonymous, May 2026
BOS - ZRH
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The flight and all amenities were good to excellent. SWISS was awful to deal with. Every step of the way they nickel and dime you. Chose your seats? $14. Change your seats… No accounting for the prior payment. You get billed again. 17 pound restriction on overhead luggage, nonsense. It’s a weight in the plane whether it’s in the overhead or in check baggage. They just milk you for every cent they can and I resent it. The flight was excellent.

plenty of legspace, snacks, no pull face from flight attendants when asking for a wine. Also fast transfer ability at ZRH.

Business class seating in Swiss really is just Economy seating minus the middle passenger

The flight itself was fine, but due to a snow delay my connection to Lisbon was delayed by six hours. Despite this, Swiss Air still managed to lose my luggage. Not acceptable. Someone else on the flight also lost their luggage.

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 trip was great until my luggage was lost on transfer from United to Swiss. It took Swiss 3 days to get my luggage to me though it was located almost immediately.

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

We’ve never been more uncomfortable on a flight than we have on this particular one. The seats in front of us reclined so far back that when the person reclined their seat of broccoli, it almost hit me in the face and left me with literally no room to move that said I had to recline my seed in which made the person behind me upset. It seemed like the seats also would recline without even pressing the button in the armrest and would unrecline as well for that same reason, and it also seemed that some seats reclined more than others. The bottom cushions of the seat were so thin that even after one hour of an 11 hour flight, our tailbones were so sore. It seemed like an overall old airplane. It also didn’t have individual air vents and it was extremely hot the entire flight. Several passengers were commenting on how hot it was. The breakfast was some kind of flavorless triangle, puffy egg, laying in a watery bed of steamed peppers and onions and spinach. It was not appetizing at all. The flight crew was extremely nice so that was a nice thing this flight attendant. They let us try different types of Swiss sodas, which was really nice and the dinner was actually delicious but still overall given the other considerations. It was pretty much a miserable flight without basic seat comfort.

Zürich-NY part of the trip was really good! Enjoyed professionalism and courtesy of the crew, comfort and cleanliness of the aircraft.

Food used to be better and comfort was not attainable after 5 hours everything starts hurting.

I liked that my son and I were reseated next to each other (we had different bookings). I liked that it was a directg flight and mostly on time. I liked that you provided pillows and blankets. Flight attendants were generally courteous. The messaging through wifi did not work well. The food was not good. Seats are very narrow and I felt slightly claustraphobic in the window seat.

Some crew were unfriendly or in some cases just straight up rude.

Outstanding service, efficient & friendly crew, flight was safe, comfortable & on time

United Airline crews were very friendly and very attentive. 12 hours flight was gone like in a shorter one.

Flight itself excellent, but delayed so missed connection & got to destination 2 hrs later

Due to cancellation of connecting flight (Lufthansa) I didn’t fly with United

It was a red-eye, but the flight felt surprisingly quick. The seats were very comfortable, and that made resting much easier. I also want to thank the gentleman seated next to me, who graciously moved so my mom could sit beside me. We slept almost the entire way. The cabin crew was respectful in not disturbing us, while also being courteous and professional throughout. Thank you, United.

Boarding was again a "free for all". We were boarding group 4, and almost the entire plane was able to board before us. It's a shame that someone who follows the rules, gets the short end of the stick. Not fair.

It was perfect! I've never flown with United before, but I definitely will in the future

the entire flight felt off. The crew seemed uninterested and disengaged. The food service was really bad - overcooked, bland, weird food service. They actually woke us up to serve chicken wraps in the middle of the night, after dinner and before breakfast. Made no sense. Ultimately, I was glad they did though, because the breakfast had been held for so long it was inedible. Eggs, potatoes, sausage - all disgusting. We were asked to "honor" the lavatories for premium customers and stay in our own cabin: this was also strange. So people in economy didn't pay enough to use the closest toilet to them??? It's a toilet. All in all, not the experience I have come to expect from United Airlines. The return flight from Paris to SFO was better, btw.

Boarding was disorganized. The door to one to the toilets wouldn’t lock. The plane was shockingly cramped, and clearly used for domestic flights due to the menus for items to sell domestic travelers. United should be ashamed of its small seats, tiny unclean toilets, and money grubbing stance toward services, compared to Lufthansa, Emirates, and most international carriers United is awful.

Terrible. Lost our luggage for 4 days. Did not advise passengers there was a strike in Barcelona Airport and had zero personnel on hand at airport to advise passengers on where to go to file claims. We had to fend for ourselves. No assistance at all other than an online claims submission process that we had to find out about on our own.

Lufthansa cancelled our flight from Los Angeles to Naples Italy on March 10 for scheduled flight on March 12 Very stressful experience trying to arrange alternatives. Will never fly again with Lufthansa

Service and food were excellent. Incredibly friendly and competent staff. Flight was delayed over and hour and I had to run between terminals to get my connecting flight.

Late flight Delays Poor service Poor staff Worst airline ever

We exited from a plane from LAX TO MUC containing 853 passengers. Passport control was packed and very slow as they fingerprinted and photgraphed everyone. After finally getting though we ran to the gate listed on our boarding pass. We made it just as boarding was suppost to begin. No one was there. We started running again and found a Lufthansa gate open and spoke with them. We were told the gate had changed and they called the correct gate that we were coming. We started running again, but needed to wait for the train to get to the correct terminal. Running again we made it to the gate. The plane was still there but they said it was too late. So we went to the Lufthansa help desk, they told us it was our fault for missing our flight and that if we didn't buy a new ticket from them for €256 each our return trip to the states would be cancelled. Needless to say this was very disapointing to find out on the day before Christmas that we had to pay an extra €512 to complete our trip we had already paid $3344 for. We were left with no choice. No Christmas spirit there. Unhappy custumers.

Lufthansa still has a good level of quality compared to US airlines, especially with respect to (1) food quality - actually tasty, (2) good French red wine - free, (3) good movie selection. Also my ticket price includes 1 free check-in luggage, while some other budget airlines sneak in an extra $150 for a checkin.

The food could be better, more snacks. And have some plugs to chargue the phone.

Everything was really great just The aircraft was too old and sounded it will break during takeoff

Took a long time to board. A long wait at the but taking us to the plain

Boarding was orderly, pilot and flight attendants were nice, entertainment options were good, and low sodium meals were quite tasty.

Flight delayed, connection was not at gate listed and so missed, staff were rude at Heathrow, phone tree stupid and difficult, took me 21 actual hours to reach my destination. Almost lost my hotel reservation after walking in a strange city alone after midnight because they would not put me up in a hotel at sfo or heathrow. I will never fly BA again and will tell all people and Instagram followers never to fly BA.

Check-in in SAN was long. ORD was good. Flight delayed On board crew was ok. No warmth or personality. LHrR barely made connection

Wish the food and overall service was better. They treat Business class passengers same as economy

They had us seating down for one hour just waiting on the plane

Flying with BA is always a good experience—even in economy class. It is better if in business and first class. Timely, breeze through security and timely connections

The issue was not with BA it was with the link yoiu sent fopr booking the flight

Loved the boarding option from Business class lounge, experience on flight was excellent, plenty of good food choices

Awful it always is unfortunately is the only way to fly direct to london

Check in was was and the agent was very friendly and helpful The lounge was nice...boarding was straight from the lounge Everything worked at our seats, and video entertainment was good ..food was mediocre

My flight was delayed twice. It finally left 24 hours later. In addition there were conflicting messages between kayak and condor that made the experience worse.

Upgraded to premium economy at the gate. Well worth it!

The flight was canceled and airlines did nothing to accommodate the passengers. After few hours they booked me randomly on a flight that had long layover and didn’t provide any compensation or effort to help. The crew was rude, no representation on the airport. Everything needs to be on call and agents there had no knowledge or control. For everything, they were like we can’t do it and you need to file a claim later. That was not helpful at all and will not make my travel experience any easier. Very disappointed in their service.

Great plane and flight attendants. The person next to me had a DISGUSTING smelling mouth and breath, so that was nasty to deal with the whole flight. Brush your teeth, people! Condor was amazing, though :-)

It would be nice to have a cleaner facility, it was hard to access it. It was always full of people working in that space. The covers and especially the matt of bad quality and old. Many times reused. I would not use it. Food: the bread rolls were old, and food had strange choices. Chicken was terrible.

There was some nice staff when I entered and left, but the thrre flight attendants who served us were very brusque and rude. I have celiac and when I checked in, I tried to find the option to make sure my meals (stick on a 10+ hour flight after a 3 hour flight and short layover) were gluten free because I didn’t have time to get anything. Couldn’t find the selection for it, and every part of the meal and purchase options were gluten, so I didn’t get to eat. During check in the allergies section should be easy to identify and check so this doesn’t happen. Having more options for gluten free at this time should be easy.

Internet was advertised in-flight but not accessible. The foot rest in premium economy was stuck. For both nobody I asked was able to provide an answer/solution. However, this will not stop me from booking premium economy again, which I upgraded from my initial economy I had booked for my outbound flight YYZ to FRA.

Great flight, nice options for food and beverages. Fairly comfortable seats for a large person

Business class: or fist class: Seating absolutely terrible, same seats as everyone else , no space, we could not fit our knees in. I was sitting sideways since nobody else booked this business class. I wish we would have an option to select a business class for the main journey between USA and Europe, but regular class for the short flights in Europe.

The seating was exactly same as the rest of the plane. We had no space for our knees. In fact it was the tightest spacing of the seats I ever flew with, on a very old plane. (and we flew all over Asia and Europe) The same chairs. We were the only passengers in business or first class. Obviously funny.... The only difference was, we got a sendwich and we were offered a drink. Rest of the plane got a bottle of water.

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