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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Budapest or Mumbai?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Budapest leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Mumbai 70: Budapest leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Mumbai 52: Budapest leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Mumbai 55: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Mumbai 48: Budapest leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Mumbai 35: Budapest leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Mumbai 38: Budapest leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Mumbai 55: Budapest leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Mumbai 24: Budapest leads by 74 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Mumbai.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestMumbai
Official languageHungarianHindi, English
CurrencyForint (HUF)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation117 m14 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestMumbai
City population1,675,77715,414,288
People per km²3,19125,563
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. 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.