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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Budapest or Oaxaca?

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 Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Budapest leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Oaxaca 74: Budapest leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Oaxaca 40: Budapest leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Oaxaca 65: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Oaxaca 40: Budapest leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Oaxaca 55: Budapest leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Oaxaca 38: Budapest leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Oaxaca 50: Budapest leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Oaxaca.

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.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on food and drink and prices 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
16 hdaylight a day

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BudapestOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestOaxaca
Official languageHungarianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyForint (HUF)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation117 m1,555 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestOaxaca
City population1,675,777258,913
People per km²3,1913,028
Museums within 10 km8110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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. 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.