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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Budapest or Naples?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Naples for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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, Naples 50: Naples leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Naples 83: Naples leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Naples 87: Naples leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Naples 60: Budapest leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Naples 77: Naples leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Naples 96: Naples leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Naples 45: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Naples 54: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Naples 60: Naples leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Naples 63: Naples leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Naples 66: Budapest leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Naples 44: Budapest leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Naples.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Budapest
67match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Naples
65match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Naples has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestNaples
Official languageHungarianItalian
CurrencyForint (HUF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation117 m17 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestNaples
City population1,675,777913,462
People per km²3,1917,676
Museums within 10 km8165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.