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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Budapest or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Muscat 44: Budapest leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Muscat 55: Budapest leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Muscat 14: Budapest leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Muscat 62: Budapest leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Muscat 52: Budapest leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Muscat 20: Budapest leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Muscat 42: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Muscat 45: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Muscat 40: Budapest leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Muscat 55: Budapest leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Muscat.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestMuscat
Official languageHungarianArabic
CurrencyForint (HUF)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112968
Elevation117 m69 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestMuscat
City population1,675,7771,421,409
People per km²3,191406
Museums within 10 km8110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.