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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Budapest or Como?

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 Budapest for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Como for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Como’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. Budapest 25, Como 36: Como leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Como 45: Budapest leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Como 52: Budapest leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Como 22: Budapest leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Como 82: Como leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Como 87: Como leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Como 47: Budapest leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Como 66: Budapest leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Como 42: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Como 30: Budapest leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Como 34: Budapest leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Como 44: Budapest leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Como.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife and wellness with your weighting.

Como
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestComo
Official languageHungarianItalian
CurrencyForint (HUF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation117 m201 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestComo
City population1,675,77783,184
People per km²3,1912,242
Museums within 10 km8111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km18

Where else could you go?

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.