Budapest eSIM
In Budapest you connect to Magyar Telekom or Yettel, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The median across the country is 59 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Magyar Telekom and Yettel
- Real speed in Hungary
- 59 Mbps median, 15 Mbps for the slowest tenth412 travellers across Hungary, rolling 90 days
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Budapest
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $5.89 | $5.89 | |
| 3 GB | Never expires | $2.63 | $7.89 | |
| 5 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $1.98 | $9.89 | |
| 10 GB | Never expires | $1.49 | $14.89 | |
| 20 GB | Never expires | $1.19 | $23.89 | |
| 50 GB | Never expires | $1.20 | $59.89 |
How Hungary compares across Europe
- Speed rank
- 34 of 46 destinations we sell in Europe
- Regional median
- 71 Mbps
- Consistency
- The slowest tenth still reaches 25 percent of the median
- Upstream networks
- 2, Magyar Telekom, Yettel
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Ireland, 61 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Gibraltar, 58 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Budapest
- tenth percentile
- 15 Mbps
- Behind these figures
- 412 travellers, rolling 90 days
Landing at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)
- Airport
- BUD / LHBP
- Distance
- 16 km from the centre of Budapest
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalThe network is called 'bud:free wifi'. On the login page you give an e-mail address and accept the terms, with no SMS code involved. It is free for 4 hours and covers the arrival and departure halls of Terminal 2A and 2B, the Skycourt and the Visitor Terrace.
Getting into Budapest
- 100E Airport Express to Deak Ferenc ter via Kalvin ter (BUD), about 40 minutes
- Bus 200E to Kobanya-Kispest, the southern terminus of metro line M3 (BUD), about 25 minutes
Underground and on the metro
Budapest Metro runs 4 lines. It opened in 1896. The operator does not publish whether the tunnels carry a mobile signal, so we do not claim either way.
Worth knowing about Budapest
- Line M1 opened on 2 May 1896 and is the world's second oldest electrified underground railway after London's City and South London Railway. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.
- The two airport buses are priced quite differently. The 100E takes a special 2,500 forint airport shuttle ticket, while the 200E is an ordinary city bus on which that airport ticket is not valid.
- Airport wifi asks for an e-mail address rather than a phone number, which means an arriving passenger with no working SIM can still get online. The session lasts 4 hours.
- At night the 200E does not run all the way to Kobanya-Kispest. It terminates instead at Hatar ut, one metro stop closer to the centre on line M3.