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Triplandio Budapest guide covers 19 travel guides across 53 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 76 self-guided walking tours in Budapest with 427 POI, spanning 296.4 km in total. Get inspired by 8 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Budapest
City & Country Data Hungary (Budapest)
Key travel data for Budapest — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Hungary
Cost
HIGH
Safety
86
Health
49
Lifestyle
63
Infra
65
Rank
#37
Score
56
Tourists
31.6M/y
GDP/cap
$25.9k
Life Exp
76.7 yrs
Population
9.5M
Currency
HUF Ft
Language
Hungarian
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Budapest
Coffee
$3.50
Beer
$3.50
Lunch
$15.00
Groceries
$50.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.50
Transit
$1.50
Fuel
$1.50/l
Internet
$25.00/m
Salary
$1,500/m
Best time to visit Budapest (Hungary)
Now (September) avg: 19°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Oct & Jun.
Live Temp
…
~Day / Night Temp
24°C / 14°C
Sunrise / Sunset
6:35 / 18:34
Local time
6:31
Best Months 
Oct & Jun
Oct & Jun
J
Jan
F
Feb
M
Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
J
Jul
A
Aug
S
Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
D
Dec
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Local Flavours of Budapest —
Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Chicken in creamy paprika sauce, served over noodles or dumplings. A layered sponge cake coated with chocolate buttercream, topped with caramel. Savory Hungarian pancakes filled with a paprikash-flavored meat. A deep-fried flatbread topped with garlic, cheese, and sour cream. Thin, crepe-like pancakes often filled with sweet or savory fillings. A Hungarian trifle made of sponge cake, chocolate sauce, and whipped cream. A sweet, chilled soup made from sour cherries and cream.
Traditional Local Food
Budapest (Hungary)
Main course
Meat
Chicken Paprikash
Paprikás Csirke
PAHP-reek-ahsh CHEER-keh
Dessert
Vegetarian
Dobos Torte
Dobos Torta
DOH-bosh TOR-ta
Main course
Meat
Hortobágyi Palacsinta
HOR-toh-bah-ghee pah-lah-CHEEN-tah
Street food
Vegetarian
Hungarian Lángos
Lángos
LAHN-gohsh
Dessert
Vegetarian
Pancakes
Palacsinta
PAH-lah-chin-tah
Dessert
Vegetarian
Somlói Galuska
SHOM-loh-ee GAH-loosh-kah
Soup
Vegetarian
Sour Cherry Soup
Meggyleves
MEG-yeh-lev-esh
