Los Angeles → Budapest flights

LAX–BUD: median $378, but sample is thin — watch for $360 dips

Key takeaways

• Median fare sits at $378, with a low of $360 and a high of $451
• Bottom quartile (p25) is $360, matching the observed floor — little room below that recently
• Top quartile (p75) jumps to $451, a 25% spread from low to high
• Only 11 snapshots collected — this is a thin sample, so patterns here are early signals, not firm trends
• No dominant carrier is distinguishable from the data provided

30-day price trend

See full numbers and stats on the LAX → BUD price history page.

The full picture

The $360–$451 range on LAX–BUD reflects a moderate 25% spread, meaning fares haven't swung wildly in the window we captured, but the small sample of 11 days limits how much confidence we can place in that range. The median of $378 sits close to the low end, suggesting that most observed fares clustered near the floor rather than the ceiling — a mildly encouraging sign if you're shopping now, though not a guarantee that $378 or below will keep showing up.

We don't have enough data points spanning a full booking horizon to say definitively when prices soften — that typically requires weeks or months of snapshots showing a clear curve as departure approaches. What we can say is that the current data shows fares bunching toward the p25 mark of $360, with occasional spikes toward $451 pulling the average up. If you see something at or near $360, that's consistent with the best pricing we've recorded recently; anything above $420 edges into the upper quartile and is worth waiting out if your dates are flexible.

We can't identify a dominant carrier or any day-of-week pattern from this dataset — the sample is simply too small to isolate those effects reliably. The honest caveat here is that 11 snapshots is a limited window for a long-haul international route like LAX–BUD, where fares can be influenced by seasonality, fuel surcharges, and carrier-specific sales that a short sample won't capture. Treat these figures as a useful snapshot of recent pricing behavior, not a seasonal forecast.

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