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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Budapest or Maastricht?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Maastricht 58: Budapest leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Maastricht 60: Budapest leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Maastricht 42: Budapest leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest and Maastricht are level on 58.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Maastricht 55: Budapest leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Maastricht 74: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Maastricht 38: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Maastricht 40: Budapest leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Maastricht 52: Budapest leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Maastricht.

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.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestMaastricht
Official languageHungarianDutch
CurrencyForint (HUF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation117 m49 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestMaastricht
City population1,675,777120,227
People per km²3,1912,000
Museums within 10 km8121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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.