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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Budapest or Osaka?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Osaka for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Osaka 63: Budapest leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest and Osaka are level on 58.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Osaka 60: Budapest leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Osaka 66: Budapest leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Osaka 66: Budapest leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Osaka.

Your match

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

Budapest
67match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestOsaka
Official languageHungarianJapanese
CurrencyForint (HUF)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation117 m20 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestOsaka
City population1,675,7772,751,862
People per km²3,19112,340
Museums within 10 km8144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.