Country guide

Hungary

Budapest's thermal baths and ruin bars, Tokaj wine country and the great plains beyond the Danube.

Currency

HUF

Language

Hungarian

English

Widely spoken

Payment

Cards & cash mixed

Power

Type C / F

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+36

Destinations

Hungary

Budapest

Two cities across one river, a parliament built to be seen from the water, and thermal springs under both banks.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Hungary

Debrecen

The Calvinist capital of the Great Plain, with a thermal forest at one end of its high street and the puszta an hour west.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Hungary

Eger

A baroque town under the castle that held out in 1552, with a Turkish minaret in its middle and a valley of cellars on its edge.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Hungary

Lake Balaton

Hungary's inland sea: warm shallow water and loud resorts on one shore, volcanic hills, vineyards and an abbey on the other.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Hungary

Pecs

A painted Roman necropolis under the cathedral, an Ottoman mosque still working as a church, and a university town in between.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Hungary

Szeged

A city rebuilt whole after the flood of 1879, with ring roads named for the capitals that paid, and the country's best fish soup.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Climate zones, month by month

Hungary has 6 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Budapest →

Jan

3°

-2°

31mm

6d rain

Feb

6°

-1°

31mm

6d rain

Mar

11°

2°

32mm

6d rain

Apr

18°

7°

35mm

6d rain

May

23°

12°

65mm

8d rain

Jun

26°

15°

65mm

7d rain

Jul

28°

17°

74mm

8d rain

Aug

28°

17°

59mm

5d rain

Sep

23°

12°

51mm

6d rain

Oct

16°

7°

44mm

6d rain

Nov

9°

3°

47mm

7d rain

Dec

4°

-1°

39mm

7d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions

Debrecen Great Plain →

Jan

2°

-4°

24mm

6d rain

Feb

5°

-3°

32mm

7d rain

Mar

11°

1°

30mm

6d rain

Apr

18°

6°

45mm

7d rain

May

23°

11°

59mm

8d rain

Jun

26°

15°

67mm

8d rain

Jul

28°

16°

68mm

8d rain

Aug

28°

16°

46mm

6d rain

Sep

23°

11°

47mm

7d rain

Oct

17°

6°

41mm

6d rain

Nov

10°

2°

41mm

7d rain

Dec

3°

-2°

42mm

7d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions

Eger →

Jan

2°

-3°

26mm

6d rain

Feb

5°

-2°

31mm

6d rain

Mar

11°

2°

28mm

6d rain

Apr

17°

7°

43mm

7d rain

May

22°

11°

64mm

9d rain

Jun

25°

14°

71mm

8d rain

Jul

28°

16°

83mm

8d rain

Aug

28°

16°

64mm

7d rain

Sep

22°

12°

49mm

6d rain

Oct

16°

7°

46mm

6d rain

Nov

9°

3°

44mm

7d rain

Dec

3°

-2°

37mm

7d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions

Lake Balaton →

Jan

3°

-2°

31mm

6d rain

Feb

5°

-1°

33mm

6d rain

Mar

11°

3°

31mm

6d rain

Apr

17°

8°

35mm

6d rain

May

22°

13°

58mm

8d rain

Jun

26°

17°

58mm

7d rain

Jul

28°

18°

55mm

7d rain

Aug

28°

18°

65mm

6d rain

Sep

22°

14°

59mm

6d rain

Oct

16°

9°

48mm

6d rain

Nov

9°

4°

48mm

7d rain

Dec

4°

-1°

41mm

7d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions

Pecs →

Jan

4°

-2°

31mm

6d rain

Feb

6°

-1°

37mm

7d rain

Mar

12°

2°

34mm

6d rain

Apr

17°

7°

44mm

7d rain

May

22°

11°

81mm

9d rain

Jun

26°

15°

83mm

8d rain

Jul

28°

17°

69mm

8d rain

Aug

28°

17°

64mm

7d rain

Sep

22°

12°

72mm

8d rain

Oct

17°

8°

57mm

7d rain

Nov

10°

3°

52mm

8d rain

Dec

4°

-1°

47mm

8d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions

Szeged Great Plain →

Jan

3°

-3°

27mm

6d rain

Feb

6°

-2°

30mm

6d rain

Mar

12°

1°

30mm

6d rain

Apr

19°

6°

37mm

6d rain

May

23°

11°

61mm

8d rain

Jun

27°

14°

75mm

8d rain

Jul

29°

16°

62mm

7d rain

Aug

29°

16°

44mm

6d rain

Sep

24°

11°

49mm

7d rain

Oct

18°

7°

45mm

6d rain

Nov

11°

3°

37mm

6d rain

Dec

4°

-2°

39mm

7d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Feb

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions