Athens to Budapest: buy now or wait?
Your call FareScore 59/100
usually €30 €29 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 59% of what we have seen
20 Jan Wizz Air Direct
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4 Dec
18:00
Ryanair · 2h 05m
Direct ↓29%
€41 €29
20 Jan
07:55
Wizz Air · 2h 10m
Direct ↓12%
€33 €29
30 Jan
15:25
Ryanair · 2h 05m
Direct
€29
30 Jan
19:45
Wizz Air · 2h 10m
Direct
€29
12 Dec
15:25
Ryanair · 2h 05m
Direct ↓23%
€40 €31
21 Jan
07:55
Wizz Air · 2h 10m
Direct
€31
11 Dec
18:00
Ryanair · 2h 05m
Direct
€36
5 Jan
07:55
Wizz Air · 2h 10m
Direct ↓21%
€47 €37
12 Dec
19:45
Wizz Air · 2h 10m
Direct
€39
28 Nov
15:25
Ryanair · 2h 05m
Direct
€40
6 Jan
07:55
Wizz Air · 2h 10m
Direct ↓31%
€58 €40
7 Jan
14:00
Ryanair · 2h 05m
Direct
€45
What the history says
Prices recorded 299
Typical price €30
Lowest we saw €26
You save today €1
Based on 299 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
42–55 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €32 typical, on 46 observations. That is about €21 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Budapest
December €31 85 observations
November €36 103 observations
January €45 58 observations
Booking tips from our fare data
- How far in advance should you book a flight?
- Book 1–1.5 months before departure. Tracking the same flights at every lead time (94,914 flights on 19,442 routes, 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-04), that window had the smallest average premium over each flight's lowest fare: +16.8%, against +49.3% in the last 3 days.
- What is the cheapest day of the week to fly?
- Wednesday. Comparing each fare with the median of its own route, Wednesday departures were +3.4% and Tuesday +4.2%, while Friday was the dearest at +10.6%. Weekend departures cost more than midweek ones.
- What is the cheapest month to fly?
- November 2026. Comparing each route's fares month by month (booked 8–60 days ahead), November 2026 departures were -1.1% against the route's own median, while January 2027 was the dearest at +17.5%. Covers September 2026, October 2026, November 2026, December 2026, January 2027; fares observed 2026-06-14 to 2026-11-04.
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