Hungary

Budapest

Buda and Pest face each other across the Danube. The M1 metro has run since 1896 — continental Europe's oldest.

Budapest has no stored-value transit card. Buy a ticket first, paper or in the BudapestGO app, and validate as you board - unstamped means no ticket. Bank-card tap works only at metro entrances and the 100E airport bus, Visa and Mastercard only; trams and buses carry no readers. Singles transfer only metro to metro; the rest needs the app-only 30- and 90-minute tickets or the stamp-free 24- and 72-hour travelcards. The 100E takes only its own ticket - travelcards and singles are invalid; the cheap route, 200E plus M3, takes ordinary tickets.

Fares & payment

Metró (metro lines M1-M4) 500 HUF ≈ $2 VISAMastercard

HÉV suburban railway / MÁV commuter trains 500 HUF ≈ $2 —

Villamos (tram) 500 HUF ≈ $2 —

Bus / trolleybus (autóbusz / trolibusz) 500 HUF ≈ $2 —

MOL Bubi 60 HUF ≈ $0.2 —

Taxi (személytaxi) 1,300 HUF ≈ $4 —

Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) access 2,500 HUF ≈ $8 VISAMastercard

Estimates use exchange rates as of September 5, 2026