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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Budapest or Portland?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Budapest leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Portland 68: Portland leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Portland 38: Budapest leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Portland 52: Budapest leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Portland 84: Portland leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Portland 58: Budapest leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Portland 55: Budapest leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Portland 62: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Portland 52: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Portland 38: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Portland 55: Budapest leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Portland 42: Budapest leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Portland.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
16 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BudapestPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestPortland
Official languageHungarian-
CurrencyForint (HUF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation117 m152 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestPortland
City population1,675,777652,503
People per km²3,1911,736
Museums within 10 km8117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.