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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Budapest by Perituss, CC0.

Acapulco or Budapest?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Acapulco’s own page.

Choose Budapest for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Acapulco 80, Budapest 25: Acapulco leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Budapest 63: Budapest leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Budapest 80: Budapest leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Budapest 58: Budapest leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Budapest 68: Budapest leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Budapest 62: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Budapest 55: Budapest leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Budapest 62: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Budapest 76: Budapest leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Budapest 98: Budapest leads by 66 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Budapest.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoBudapest

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoBudapest
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaHungarian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Forint (HUF)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation18 m117 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoBudapest
City population658,6091,675,777
People per km²3503,191
Museums within 10 km381
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.