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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Budapest or Montego Bay?

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

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Montego Bay 50: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Montego Bay 28: Budapest leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Montego Bay 42: Budapest leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Montego Bay 65: Montego Bay leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Montego Bay 50: Budapest leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Montego Bay 48: Budapest leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Montego Bay 20: Budapest leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Montego Bay 25: Budapest leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Montego Bay 38: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Montego Bay 32: Budapest leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Montego Bay 45: Budapest leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BudapestMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestMontego Bay
Official languageHungarianEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyForint (HUF)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation117 m19 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestMontego Bay
City population1,675,777123,994
People per km²3,191-
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.