Cheap flights from Warsaw to Bucharest

October usually comes in as the cheapest month on this route, with fares easing across the autumn shoulder. Summer is the busiest stretch, especially around the school holidays, and late December fills up fast with people flying home for Christmas and New Year. Weekday departures, Tuesday and Wednesday in particular, tend to undercut Friday and Sunday flights. Book a few weeks ahead for summer and the winter holidays, and remember that Romanian Easter falls on a different date than Polish Easter, so the two travel peaks do not always line up.

Wizz Air and Wizz Air Malta are the low-cost names here, with Norwegian also flying on a budget model; on those, the fare covers your seat and a small cabin bag, and everything else, from checked luggage to seat choice and food, is added at a price. LOT Polish Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa and Austrian are the full-service carriers, where a checked bag and a drink usually come with the ticket. KLM Cityhopper handles the smaller feeder legs, and Sun Express appears on some connections. Low-cost carriers tend to fly the route directly, while the full-service airlines mostly sell one-stop itineraries through their home hubs.

Flights land at Otopeni International, the airport serving Bucharest, set north of the city. The transfer into the centre takes a while by road and longer in the morning and evening rush, so allow for that if you are on a tight schedule. Express buses run regularly between the airport and the city, and a train link connects the airport with the main station; taxis and ride-hailing apps are the quickest door-to-door option. Order a taxi through an app or a designated counter rather than accepting an offer in the arrivals hall, and buy your bus or train ticket before boarding.

Currency

RON (leu)

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Romanian

Emergency number

112

Driving side

right

Calling code

+40

Internet domain

.ro

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Bucharest

1.7 M (2021)

Time zone

UTC+03 (Europe/Bucharest)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Warsaw has two airports, so confirm whether you leave from F. Chopin or Modlin before booking, as they sit on opposite sides of the city.
• On a low-cost ticket, check the cabin bag size and add checked luggage when you book rather than at the gate.
• If your itinerary connects, make sure both legs are on one ticket, or leave generous time between separately booked flights.
• Check that your passport or ID is valid for travel to Romania and covers your return date.
• Compare October against the summer months if your dates are flexible, since that is when fares on this route are lowest.
• Watch the calendar around Romanian Easter and the winter holidays, when seats sell out early.