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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Budapest or New Orleans?

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
  • prices

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Budapest leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, New Orleans 67: Budapest leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, New Orleans 42: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, New Orleans 52: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, New Orleans 55: Budapest leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, New Orleans 55: Budapest leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, New Orleans 54: Budapest leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, New Orleans 40: Budapest leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, New Orleans 25: Budapest leads by 73 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BudapestNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestNew Orleans
Official languageHungarian-
CurrencyForint (HUF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation117 m-2 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestNew Orleans
City population1,675,777383,997
People per km²3,191423
Museums within 10 km8116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.