Madrid to Budapest: buy now or wait?
Wait FareScore 15/100
€28 Today's best fare
Cheaper than 15% of what we have seen
16 Jan Ryanair Direct
Usually €22
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1 Jan
05:00
Ryanair · 3h 10m
Direct
€28
16 Jan
19:10
Ryanair · 3h 10m
Direct
€28
13 Jan
18:35
Ryanair · 3h 10m
Direct
€31
13 Dec
04:45
Ryanair · 41h 00m
With a stop
€34
11 Jan
19:00
Wizz Air · 3h 15m
Direct
€35
12 Jan
19:00
Wizz Air · 3h 15m
Direct
€35
4 Jan
17:15
Ryanair · 3h 10m
Direct
€37
24 Jan
17:45
Ryanair · 3h 10m
Direct ↓3%
€39 €38
14 Dec
19:00
Wizz Air · 3h 15m
Direct
€39
16 Dec
20:15
Wizz Air · 3h 15m
Direct
€39
29 Nov
04:45
Ryanair · 41h 00m
With a stop ↓5%
€43 €41
28 Nov
20:00
Malta Air · 10h 25m
With a stop
€45
What the history says
Prices recorded 269
Typical price €22
Lowest we saw €20
Based on 269 prices we recorded on this exact route, compared against the same departure month.
Best booking window
56–83 days — is when this route has been cheapest to book: €29 typical, on 103 observations. That is about €30 less than booking in the last two weeks.
Cheapest months to fly to Budapest
January €29 51 observations
December €31 87 observations
November €41 54 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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