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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Budapest or Nice?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Nice for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Nice leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Nice 66: Nice leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Nice 64: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Nice 47: Budapest leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Nice 80: Nice leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Nice 87: Nice leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Nice 57: Budapest leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Nice 74: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest and Nice are level on 55.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Nice 35: Budapest leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Nice 45: Budapest leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Nice 40: Budapest leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Nice.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Nice
60match

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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestNice
Official languageHungarianFrench
CurrencyForint (HUF)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation117 m0 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestNice
City population1,675,777357,737
People per km²3,1914,975
Museums within 10 km8117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.