✈ KUL → BUD

11H 43M, 5,726 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 43m
Distance
5,726 mi
Or
9,215 km
Jet lag
30h

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Budapest

From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia  →  Ferenc Liszt (BUD), Hungary Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Budapest → Kuala Lumpur

How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Budapest?

A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Budapest (BUD) takes about 11 hours 43 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,726 miles (9,215 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 43m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,726 mi

9,215 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Budapest timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Budapest

Time difference

-30h

30 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~21d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1364 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1576 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 378 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.