✈ SYD → BUD

19H 31M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
19h 31m
Distance
9,799 mi
Or
15,770 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Sydney to Budapest

From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania  →  Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe

How long is the flight from Sydney to Budapest?

A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Budapest (BUD) takes about 19 hours 31 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,799 miles (15,770 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

19h 31m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,799 mi

15,770 km · great-circle

Avg speed

808 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Budapest timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Budapest

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2334 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2697 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 647 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.