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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Budapest or Las Vegas?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Budapest leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Las Vegas 25: Budapest leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Las Vegas 25: Budapest leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Las Vegas 25: Budapest leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Las Vegas 38: Budapest leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Las Vegas 35: Budapest leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BudapestLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestLas Vegas
Official languageHungarian-
CurrencyForint (HUF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation117 m610 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestLas Vegas
City population1,675,777641,903
People per km²3,1911,843
Museums within 10 km8121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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.