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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Budapest or Hobart?

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

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Hobart 60: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Hobart 56: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Hobart 30: Budapest leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Hobart 60: Budapest leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Hobart 56: Budapest leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Hobart 45: Budapest leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Hobart 38: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Hobart 35: Budapest leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Hobart 45: Budapest leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Hobart 40: Budapest leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Hobart.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and nightlife with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestHobart
Official languageHungarianEnglish
CurrencyForint (HUF)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation117 m54 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestHobart
City population1,675,777197,451
People per km²3,191116
Museums within 10 km818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.