Bucharest: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Bucharest is the capital of Romania, 83 m (272 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre. It has a dozen or more railway stations on record, including Titan Sud train station. Our booking partner lists 4,113+ places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Bucharest runs from about 8 h 54 min a day in late December to 15 h 36 min in late June (computed for 44.43° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Bucharest is served by 2 airports with scheduled flights within 100 km. The closest large one is Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre, whose 10,499-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft. The alternatives are Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP, 16 km).
Flights to Bucharest: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Titan Sud train station, București Basarab railway station, Bucharest Băneasa, Bucharest Obor, Gara București Progresul, București Sud Grupa C railway station. Trains to Bucharest
Buses to Bucharest · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 4,113+ places to stay in Bucharest (statistics below are from the first 1,000). Of the 854 with a star rating, the largest group is 4-star (446), and 11 are five-star. Across 676 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 9.2 out of 10. Guests have left 474,482 reviews in total.
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What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History | 250,000 | 2022 |
The busiest is “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History at 250,000 visitors in 2022. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Bucharest
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Sofia, 296 km (Bulgaria) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Chisinau, 357 km (Moldova) — flights · trains
- Iaşi, 325 km — flights
- Plovdiv, 276 km (Bulgaria) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Varna, 198 km (Bulgaria) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Constanţa, 203 km — flights · buses · car rental · tours
- Cluj-Napoca, 325 km — flights · buses
- Braşov, 141 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Niš, 359 km (Serbia) — flights · buses
- Craiova, 184 km — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Amman, Ankara, Athens, Atlanta, Beijing, Budapest, Chișinău, Tbilisi, Regina, Lagos, Detroit, Tirana, Rio de Janeiro, Sofia.
Common questions
Which airport serves Bucharest?
Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU), 8 km (5 mi) from the centre, plus 1 other airport with scheduled flights within 100 km.
How big is Bucharest?
About 1.9 million people live in Bucharest, across 226 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Bucharest in?
Europe/Bucharest, currently UTC+3.
What currency is used in Bucharest?
The Leu (RON). Traffic drives on the right.
How many hotels are there in Bucharest?
Our booking partner lists 4,113 or more places to stay in Bucharest, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Bucharest?
Sofia (296 km), Chisinau (357 km), Iaşi (325 km), Plovdiv (276 km), Varna (198 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.