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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Budapest or San Juan?

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 San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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, San Juan 84: San Juan leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, San Juan 66: San Juan leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, San Juan 64: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, San Juan 70: Budapest leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, San Juan 52: Budapest leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, San Juan 58: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, San Juan 38: Budapest leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, San Juan 50: Budapest leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, San Juan 38: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, San Juan 55: Budapest leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, San Juan 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 San Juan.

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.

San Juan
57match

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BudapestSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestSan Juan
Official languageHungarianSpanish, English
CurrencyForint (HUF)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation117 m3 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestSan Juan
City population1,675,777342,259
People per km²3,1912,847
Museums within 10 km8118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.