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Local time
Distance
Vienna (Austria)151 miles
Bucharest (Romania) 512 miles
Bratislava (Slovakia) 124 miles
Zagreb (Croatia)216 miles
Belgrade (Serbia) 233 miles
Paris (France)925 miles
Milan (Italy)584 miles
Geneva (Switzerland)791 miles
Berlin (Germany)551 miles
Brussels (Belgium)843 miles
Budapest weather
Budapest has a temperate, transitional climate - somewhere between the mild, snowy weather of Transdanubia, the variable continental climate of the flat and open Great Plain to the east and the almost sub-Mediterranean weather of the south.
 Weather averages for Budapest  |
| Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| Record high °C (°F) |
15.1
(59) |
19.1
(66) |
25.4
(78) |
30.2
(86) |
34.0
(93) |
39.5
(103) |
40.7
(105) |
39.0
(102) |
35.2
(95) |
30.8
(87) |
22.6
(73) |
19.2
(67) |
| Average high °C (°F) |
2.1
(36) |
4.7
(40) |
10.6
(51) |
16.7
(62) |
22.0
(72) |
25.2
(77) |
27.5
(82) |
27.1
(81) |
22.6
(73) |
16.1
(61) |
8.3
(47) |
3.7
(39) |
| Average low °C (°F) |
-2.7
(27) |
-1.3
(30) |
2.4
(36) |
6.9
(44) |
11.5
(53) |
14.6
(58) |
16.4
(62) |
15.9
(61) |
12.2
(54) |
7.5
(46) |
3.1
(38) |
-0.6
(31) |
| Record low °C (°F) |
-21.7
(-7) |
-23.4
(-10) |
-14.1
(7) |
-4.6
(24) |
0.0
(32) |
3.0
(37) |
8.9
(48) |
7.0
(45) |
1.2
(34) |
-9.5
(15) |
-11.9
(11) |
-19.1
(-2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) |
38.5
(1.52) |
36.7
(1.44) |
37.4
(1.47) |
47.2
(1.86) |
64.5
(2.54) |
69.8
(2.75) |
50.4
(1.98) |
49.5
(1.95) |
42.7
(1.68) |
46.9
(1.85) |
59.9
(2.36) |
49.3
(1.94) |
| |
Tourism Office of Budapest
1056 Budapest, Március 15. tér 7.
Tel: (+36) 1 266-0479, Fax: (+36) 1 266-7477
GET IN BUDAPEST
Airport
Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, which has 3 passenger terminals: Ferihegy 1, which tends to serve the many discount airlines now flying to and from Budapest, Ferihegy 2/A and Ferihegy 2/B. Terminal 2/C is planned to be built. The airport is located to the east of the centre in the XVIII. district in Pestszentlőrinc.
Roads
Budapest is the most important Hungarian road terminus; all the major highways end there. Budapest is also a major railway terminus.
Ring road M0 around Budapest is made and allows people to go around Budapest from East to West and from North to South, however there is no way from West to North - you only need to go around to the South.
Public transport
Budapest public transport is provided by BKV, the company operates buses, trolleybuses, trams, suburban railway lines, the metro, a boat service, a cogwheel railway and a chairlift, called Libegő.
Budapest's tram network is extensive, and reliable despite poor track infrastructure and an ageing fleet. Routes 4 and 6 combined form the busiest traditional city tram line in the world, with the world's longest passenger trams (54-metre (177 ft) long Siemens Combino) running at 60 to 90 second intervals at peak time and 3–4 minutes off-peak and usually packed with people.
Day services operate from 4:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. each day. Night traffic (a reduced overnight service) has a reputation for being excellent[citation needed].
There are three metro lines and a fourth is currently under construction. The Yellow line, built in 1896, is one of the oldest subway lines in the world, following London Underground and the Istanbul Metro that were built respectively in 1863 and 1875.
Special vehicles
Beside metros, suburban rails, buses, trams and boats, there are a couple of less usual vehicles in Budapest:
trolleybus (trolibusz) on several lines in Pest
funicular (sikló); the Castle Hill Funicular between the Chain Bridge and Buda Castle
cyclecar (bringóhintó) for rent in Margaret Island
chairlift (libegő)
rack railway (fogaskerekű vasút); the Budapest Cog-wheel Railway
children's railway (gyermekvasút)
The latter three vehicles run among Buda hills.
Railway
Main articles: MÁV and HÉV
Hungarian main-line railways are operated by MÁV. There are three main railway termini in Budapest, Keleti (eastern), Nyugati (westbound), and Déli (southbound), operating both domestic and international rail services. Budapest was one of the main stops of the Orient Express until 2001, when the service was cut back to Paris-Vienna.
There is also a suburban rail service in and around Budapest, operated under the name HÉV.
Waterways
The river Danube flows through Budapest on its way to the Black Sea. The river is easily navigable and so Budapest has historically been a major commercial port (at Csepel). In the summer months a scheduled hydrofoil service operates up the Danube to Vienna.
