Budapest
Capital of Hungary: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Budapest, Hungary (explored) (14995308504): Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) from Cologne, Germany, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. About 1.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Hungary in our atlas.
It lies at 47.50° N, 19.04° E, about 104 m (341 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Budapest time zone.
Location
Red dot: Budapest. Green dots: other major cities of Hungary. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Budapest has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (23°F). Around 614 mm (24 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in HungaryNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Székesfehérvár · 58 km
- Kecskemét · 82 km
- Győr · 107 km
- Miskolc · 147 km
- Szeged · 161 km
- Pécs · 169 km
- Debrecen · 194 km
- Nyíregyháza · 207 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3054643 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1781 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Budapest, Hungary (explored) (14995308504): Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) from Cologne, Germany, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 20190502 Zamek w Budapeszcie 0647 1862 DxO: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Heroes Square Budapest 2010 01: User:Sveter (Please credit as "Petr Šmerkl, Wikipedia" in case you use this outside WMF projects.), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Polgárváros1: Civertan, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest: Jeremy Oakley, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Budapest Fine Arts Museum R01: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Peace March for Hungary - 2013.10.23 (70): Derzsi Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Budapest, Royal Palace Complex, Hungarian National Gallery "B" Wing from the Hunyadi Courtyard and the Horse Wrangler Statue: Yoav Dothan, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Budapest Gellért socha svobody 1: Karelj, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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