# Budapest for Digital Nomads

> Grand & affordable

Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Canonical page: https://nomadbase.com/destinations/budapest
Last reviewed: 2026-07-29

Every figure below carries its source and measurement date. Where no reliable source exists the field is left out rather than estimated.

## Budapest at a glance

Budapest is the low-friction European base: a capital with real depth — 30 coworking spaces and 985 cafés mapped within 15 km (OpenStreetMap: July 2026) — a 46.3 Mbps median download (M-Lab: median of speed tests, 7-day window, July 2026), and full overlap with the Central European working day. The Danube splits it in two: hilly, residential Buda and flat, dense Pest, where most of the working and social life happens.

The catch is seasonal. Only 4 of 12 months land in the mild band (Nomadbase comfort index: comfort index from Open-Meteo, 2025): the summer city of terraces, river islands and outdoor pools packs up in late autumn, and what follows is a long grey stretch. Budapest handles it better than most — the thermal baths exist for exactly this, and café life moves indoors without losing much — but you should arrive knowing which of the two cities you booked.

It suits you if you want a real city that works year-round — transit instead of a car, culture instead of beaches, European working hours without visa arithmetic if you hold an EU passport. It suits you less if warmth is the point of leaving home, or if your mood tracks daylight.

| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| 30 coworking spaces and 985 cafés mapped within 15 km (OpenStreetMap: July 2026) — depth you can pick a neighbourhood by | A comfort score of 4.3/10 (Nomadbase comfort index: comfort index from Open-Meteo, 2025) — this is a winter city for months at a time |
| EU citizens stay with nothing to arrange; visa-exempt passports get 90 days in any 180 across Schengen (Government sources: checked July 2026) | The White Card exists but is a narrow route — its restrictions are covered in the visa section |
| Measured PM2.5 of 8.5 µg/m³ (OpenAQ: measured, July 2026) — clean air for a capital this size | The inner party district is loud until morning; a flat there is easy to find and hard to sleep in |
| 8.6 of every 100 mapped restaurants & cafés flag vegan options (OpenStreetMap: July 2026) — one of the higher shares in the catalogue | Hungarian is genuinely difficult, and English thins quickly outside the centre |

## Key figures

| Figure | Value | Source | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average temperature (year) | 12.2 C | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 annual average | 2025-12-31 |
| Average cloud cover | 55 % | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 annual average | 2025-12-31 |
| Nomadbase climate comfort index | 4.3 index 0-10 | Nomadbase comfort index from Copernicus ERA5 2025 monthly means | 2025-12-31 |
| Nearest major airport | 18 km | OurAirports — nearest major airport is Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport | 2026-07-29 |
| Airports within 100 km | 2 within 100km | OurAirports, major and regional airports with scheduled service | 2026-07-29 |
| Cafés mapped | 985 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Nomadbase community activity | 5.67 index 0-10 | Nomadbase community activity — 0 here now, 3 based here, 0 meetups, 0 planning to come, 0 have been | 2026-08-17 |
| Members who have been | 0 members | Nomadbase check-ins, closed — counted per person | 2026-08-17 |
| Air quality PM2.5 (measured) | 8.5 µg/m³ | OpenAQ, median of 6 stations, 2026-07-27 | 2026-07-27 |
| Average temperature (summer) | 22.6 C | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 summer average (Jun-Aug) | 2025-12-31 |
| Average temperature (winter) | 2.3 C | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 winter average (Dec-Feb) | 2025-12-31 |
| Rain days per year | 94 days/year | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 full-year count | 2025-12-31 |
| Dry days per year | 271 days/year | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 full-year count | 2025-12-31 |
| Transport per month | 25 EUR/month | Official fare: BKK, monthly Budapest-pass (8,950 HUF), metro, tram, trolleybus, bus, HEV and MAV within the city, checked 2026-08-05 | 2026-08-05 |
| Coworking spaces mapped | 30 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| eSIM data, 30 days | 17.5 EUR | Published price: Airalo, 10 GB / 30 days, checked 2026-08-05 | 2026-08-05 |
| UTC offset | 1 hours from UTC | Open-Meteo time zone (Europe/Budapest), standard time | 2026-08-17 |
| Working-hours overlap with Central Europe | 8 hours/day | Nomadbase overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day against Open-Meteo time zone (Europe/Budapest), standard time; Europe reference UTC+1 | 2026-08-17 |
| Restaurants mapped | 1945 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Yoga studios mapped | 46 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Queer venues mapped | 7 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Surf spots mapped nearby | 0 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-08-05 |
| Kitesurf spots mapped nearby | 0 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-08-05 |
| Beaches mapped within 30 km | 37 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-07-31 |
| Nature reserves and parks within 30 km | 203 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-07-31 |
| Hiking routes within 30 km | 483 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-07-31 |
| Mapped coastline within 30 km | 0 count | OpenStreetMap, within 30km | 2026-07-31 |
| Hospitals and clinics mapped | 211 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-07-31 |
| Pharmacies mapped | 486 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-07-31 |
| Bars, pubs and clubs mapped | 1056 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Nightlife share of cafés | 36 per 100 restaurants & cafés | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Gyms mapped | 291 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Vegan-friendly places mapped | 253 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Vegetarian-friendly places mapped | 330 count | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| LGBTQ+ legal index (country) | 7.5 score 0-10 | Nomadbase legal-position rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| LGBTQ+ in practice (country) | March 2025 law bans Pride-type assemblies (fines, facial recognition) and an April 2025 constitutional amendment enshrines two sexes; Budapest Pride 2025 still drew huge crowds in defiance. Older protections (registered partnership, employment anti-discrimination) remain on the books, but the state climate is openly hostile. | Nomadbase legal-position rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Tap water index (country) | 10 score 0-10 | Nomadbase tap-water tier (country level), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Tap water in practice (country) | Budapest Waterworks supplies 2 million people with potable tap water daily; drinkable throughout the country. | Nomadbase tap-water tier (country level), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Internet download (median) | 46.3 Mbps | M-Lab median of 11,299 tests within 50 km, last 7 days | 2026-08-11 |
| Accommodation per month (simple end) | 687 EUR/month | Inside Airbnb market price (simple end, 25th percentile of 142 monthly entire-home listings), Q2/2026 | 2026-06-28 |
| Accommodation per month | 1414 EUR/month | Inside Airbnb market price (median of 142 monthly entire-home listings), Q2/2026 | 2026-06-28 |
| Accommodation per month (upscale end) | 2339 EUR/month | Inside Airbnb market price (upscale end, 75th percentile of 142 monthly entire-home listings), Q2/2026 | 2026-06-28 |
| Coworking desk per month | 155 EUR/month | Published price: KAPTÁR, Loffice & Impact Hub Budapest hot-desk rates (median), KAPTÁR FLEXIE (every workday) €155 +VAT is the median; Impact Hub Unlimited 55,000 HUF +VAT (69,850 gross, budapest.impacthub.net/memberships), Loffice LoFlex 20-day 65,000 HUF +VAT (loffice.hu/budapest/en/coworking), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Coliving room per month | 431 EUR/month | Published price: Budapest Coliving, cheapest published room (Sobieski utca), published rent €365/month + €66 utilities; listed rooms run €365–420 + €65–70 utilities; operator-managed shared flats, student/young-professional oriented, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Ride-hailing, ~5 km ride | 10.76 EUR/ride | Published price: official fixed Budapest taxi tariff from 1 Aug 2026, 5 km (3,900 HUF), 1,300 HUF flagfall + 520 HUF/km + 130 HUF/min (Metropolitan Assembly decree, adopted Jun 2026); until 31 Jul 2026 still 1,100 + 440/km = 3,300; +800 HUF airport or app/phone pre-booking surcharge, checked 2026-08-01 | 2026-08-01 |
| 3-star hotel per night | 82.91 EUR/night | Published price: median of 3 listed 3-star rates (Booking.com), night of 17 Aug 2026 (30,040 HUF), ibis Budapest Stadium HUF 30,040, Ibis Budapest Centrum HUF 30,305, Medos Hotel HUF 29,280; double room incl. taxes, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Café latte | 4.25 EUR | Published price: Starbucks (Gozsdu), Caffè Latte, Wolt delivery menu (1,540 HUF), delivery-menu price; verified via Wolt venue assortment (price 154000 minor units = 1,540 HUF), checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| cost food monthly modelled | 204 EUR/month | Modelled groceries for Hungary (country level, not city): Eurostat DE reference 2022 scaled by World Bank price level 57.9 vs 81.2 (2025) and ICP 2021 category structure | 2025-12-31 |
| cost eating out monthly modelled | 64 EUR/month | Modelled eating out for Hungary (country level, not city): Eurostat DE reference 2022 scaled by World Bank price level 57.9 vs 81.2 (2025) and ICP 2021 category structure | 2025-12-31 |
| cost transport monthly modelled | 25 EUR/month | Modelled local transport for Hungary (country level, not city): Eurostat DE reference 2022 scaled by World Bank price level 57.9 vs 81.2 (2025) and ICP 2021 category structure | 2025-12-31 |
| cost leisure monthly modelled | 134 EUR/month | Modelled leisure for Hungary (country level, not city): Eurostat DE reference 2022 scaled by World Bank price level 57.9 vs 81.2 (2025) and ICP 2021 category structure | 2025-12-31 |
| Visa-free days (EU passport) | 365 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (US passport) | 90 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (UK passport) | 90 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (Canadian passport) | 90 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Visa-free days (Australian passport) | 90 days | Editorial visa research, checked 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Remote-work visa route (0–10) | 10 score 0-10 | Dedicated remote-work visa: White Card (checked 2026-07-29) | 2026-07-29 |
| cost bigmac | 4.6 EUR | Published price: The Economist Big Mac Index, national average (1,660 HUF = 5.30 USD), July 2026 release — data CC BY 4.0 | 2026-07-01 |
| Vegan share of cafés | 8.6 per 100 restaurants & cafés | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Vegetarian share of cafés | 11.3 per 100 restaurants & cafés | OpenStreetMap, within 15km | 2026-08-05 |
| Members here now | 0 members | Nomadbase check-ins, open | 2026-08-17 |
| Members based here | 3 members | Nomadbase bases and homebases | 2026-08-17 |
| Members planning to come | 0 members | Nomadbase travel plans, not yet ended | 2026-08-17 |
| Community meetups | 0 meetups | Nomadbase community meetups, drafts excluded | 2026-08-17 |
| Country price level (US = 100) | 57.9 US=100 | World Bank price level index for Hungary, 2025 (US = 100) | 2025-12-31 |
| Working-hours overlap with US East | 2 hours/day | Nomadbase overlap of a 09:00-17:00 day against Open-Meteo time zone (Europe/Budapest), standard time; US East reference UTC-5 | 2026-08-17 |
| Homicide rate (country) | 0.7 per 100k | UNODC intentional homicide rate for Hungary, 2024 | 2024-12-31 |
| Mild months (felt 18–27 °C) | 4 months/year | Nomadbase comfort index from Copernicus ERA5 2025 monthly means | 2025-12-31 |
| climate monthly profile | [{"m":1,"t":-1,"r":0.23,"c":0.7},{"m":2,"t":-3,"r":0.14,"c":0.6},{"m":3,"t":5.3,"r":0.45,"c":0.56},{"m":4,"t":11,"r":0.27,"c":0.46},{"m":5,"t":12.7,"r":0.39,"c":0.61},{"m":6,"t":22.1,"r":0.13,"c":0.31},{"m":7,"t":22.5,"r":0.23,"c":0.48},{"m":8,"t":22,"r":0.19,"c":0.34},{"m":9,"t":18.4,"r":0.27,"c":0.48},{"m":10,"t":8.2,"r":0.29,"c":0.57},{"m":11,"t":3.1,"r":0.37,"c":0.71},{"m":12,"t":0.5,"r":0.13,"c":0.82}] | Copernicus ERA5, 2025 monthly means (felt temperature, rain-day share, cloud share) | 2025-12-31 |
| Population | 1685209 people | Wikidata population figure, 2025 | 2025-12-31 |
| English proficiency (EF EPI) | 613 EF EPI score | EF EPI 2025 (city level, transcribed via Wikipedia) | 2025-11-01 |
| Getting by in English (0–10) | 8.52 score 0-10 | EF EPI 2025 (city level, transcribed via Wikipedia) | 2025-11-01 |
| Women, Peace and Security index (country) | 8.35 score 0-10 | Georgetown WPS Index 2023 (country level, transcribed via Wikipedia) | 2023-10-01 |
| Company setup index (country) | 5 score 0-10 | Nomadbase business rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| Banking access index (country) | 8 score 0-10 | Nomadbase business rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| Company setup in practice (country) | A Kft. needs 3,000,000 HUF of capital and must be filed by a Hungarian attorney — the lawyer is not optional, which is the main cost surprise. | Nomadbase business rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |
| Banking in practice (country) | Company accounts follow registration without much friction; the attorney usually arranges the introduction. | Nomadbase business rubric (country level), checked 2026-07-31 | 2026-07-31 |

## Scores (0–10, blend of public data and community reports)

| Category | Score | Public data | Community | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fun | 9.67 | 9.67 | — | 0 |
| community | 5.67 | 5.67 | — | 0 |
| flights | 3.97 | 3.97 | — | 0 |
| visa | 8.67 | 8.67 | — | 0 |
| lifestyle | 8.49 | 8.49 | — | 0 |
| vegetarian | 9.41 | 9.41 | — | 0 |
| nightlife | 9.31 | 9.31 | — | 0 |
| nature | 6.57 | 6.57 | — | 0 |
| health | 5.34 | 5.34 | — | 0 |
| locals | 8.52 | 8.52 | — | 0 |
| business | 6.5 | 6.5 | — | 0 |
| women | 8.35 | 8.35 | — | 0 |
| cost | 5.23 | 5.23 | — | 0 |
| internet | 5.65 | 5.65 | — | 0 |
| safety | 8.33 | 8.33 | — | 0 |
| climate | 6.56 | 6.57 | — | 0 |
| amenity | 7.06 | 7.06 | — | 0 |
| vegan | 9.8 | 9.8 | — | 0 |
| lgbtq | 7.5 | 7.5 | — | 0 |
| water | 10 | 10 | — | 0 |

## Visa & entry (Hungary)

EU citizens can stay indefinitely; visa-exempt non-EU travellers get 90 days in any 180 across the Schengen area. The White Card is a dedicated digital nomad permit — €3,000 net a month, no Hungarian income, one year plus one extension — and a deliberate dead end: it leads to neither permanent residence nor family reunification.

### How long you can stay

- **EU, EEA and Swiss citizens:** no limit. You may need to register locally after a few months.
- **Visa-exempt non-EU travellers** (US, UK, Canada, Australia and others): 90 days within any 180-day period. That allowance is shared across the *whole* Schengen area, not per country — days spent in Berlin count against days in Lisbon.
- Everyone else needs a Schengen visa before travelling.

Since 10 April 2026 the EU Entry/Exit System (EES) records every crossing biometrically at all air, land and sea borders, so the 90/180 count is now tracked automatically rather than by passport stamp.

### Staying longer as a remote worker

Hungary's **White Card** (introduced 2022) survived the 2024 immigration-law overhaul intact. It is for third-country nationals who either work remotely for an employer outside Hungary or own a share in a profitable company outside Hungary — pure freelancers invoicing scattered clients with no company behind them fit the definition poorly.

- **Income:** at least **€3,000 net per month**, shown for the six months before applying and maintained throughout the stay (bank statements or employer/tax-authority certificates). The threshold is a flat figure fixed in the immigration rules — €2,000 at launch, €3,000 since the 2024 overhaul (Act XC of 2023).
- **No Hungarian income:** no Hungarian employer, no gainful activity in Hungary, no shares in a Hungarian company.
- **Validity:** one year, extendable once for another year. Two years is a hard ceiling — the same purpose cannot be extended twice.

Know what it is not. Time on a White Card does **not** count toward a permanent residence card, and family members are explicitly excluded from residence permits for family reunification. Fine for a year or two in Budapest; the wrong tool for settling. Apply through the Enter Hungary portal, or at a Hungarian consulate abroad.

> Visa rules change frequently. This information was last checked on 2026-07-29. It is not legal advice — confirm with the official source before booking: https://oif.gov.hu/factsheets/white-card-residency-for-digital-nomads

## Living in Budapest

### Where to stay

Locals navigate by district number, so learn the map early. Pest is where nomads concentrate; Buda is the deliberate choice for quiet.

- **District V (Belváros–Lipótváros)** — the polished centre between Parliament and the market hall. Handsome, touristed, and calmer at night than its postcard suggests.
- **Districts VI and VII (Terézváros, Erzsébetváros)** — café and nightlife country around Andrássy út and the old Jewish Quarter, with the deepest supply of furnished flats. The inner streets of VII run loud until morning — check the courtyard, not just the address.
- **District IX (Ferencváros)** — renewed block by block behind the market hall: newer interiors, calmer evenings, still central.
- **District XIII (Újlipótváros)** — riverside and residential, loved by locals, a short tram ride up the Pest bank.
- **Buda (Districts I, II, XI)** — the green, hilly side: quieter, more family than scene. Pick it on purpose, not by accident.

### Finding a place

The furnished mid-term market is deep for a city this size and turns over quickly. The local portals list most of it, usually through agencies; the busy Facebook housing groups are where private lets and shorter terms surface. Expect a serious deposit and insist on a bilingual contract.

Two details matter more than the listing photos. First, which way the flat faces: courtyard flats in the old Pest blocks are dramatically quieter than street-facing ones on the ring roads. Second, how it is heated — a beautiful high-ceilinged flat with ageing gas convectors is a different proposition in January than in June. September tightens everything as the universities return; summer is the easier time to look.

### Working from here

The coworking market is broad enough to choose by neighbourhood rather than by compromise, with clusters in Districts VI, VII and IX, and day passes and flexible plans are standard. The café culture does the rest: Budapest's coffeehouse tradition is old, and the specialty wave landed on top of it rather than replacing it. The practical split — the gilded historic rooms are for visiting, the third-wave places are for working, and the latter treat laptops as furniture. Wifi is the rule; power sockets are the thing to scout.

### Getting around

This is a transit city, and the network is the point: metro lines, trams and night buses knit both banks together, the big ring tram runs through the night, and nowhere central feels far from anywhere else. A car is a liability here — parking is scarce and the network beats it door to door for most of the day. The Pest side is flat and increasingly cycled, and the bike-share covers one-way hops well.

The culture to learn is the ticket. Singles are validated once — at the punch machine on board or the gate at the metro — and the inspectors with armbands who check them are not a myth. For anything beyond a few days a pass removes the whole question, and the BudapestGO app sells and displays everything. The direct airport bus into the centre settles the arrival without a taxi negotiation.

### Money

The currency is the forint, and some tourist-facing terminals will offer to charge you in euros — always pay in forint; the offered rate is never your friend. Card acceptance is near-universal, down to market stalls and bakery counters.

The ATM trap is the bright-blue standalone machines on the tourist streets: they surcharge and push a poor conversion rate. Use machines attached to banks and decline the conversion. In restaurants, read the bill before tipping — a service charge is often already added, and tipping on top of it is a donation, not a custom.

### Staying safe

Budapest’s everyday safety is high and its scams are traditional: the tourist-bar bill with invented prices, the taxi that quotes creatively. Both have the same fix — use the ride apps, and drink where menus print numbers. Pickpockets work the crowded trams and the bath changing rooms; use the lockers properly.

The party district is loud but largely good-natured; the standard drink-awareness rules cover it. Beyond that, winter ice on the bridges’ pedestrian paths is the hazard locals actually plan around.

### Seasons

Budapest is two cities on one river, and the intro already introduced them: the terrace-and-river-island summer city, and the long grey winter one. What the winter city has that most of Central Europe lacks is an infrastructure of warmth — the thermal baths are not a tourist activity here but a season-management strategy, and café culture simply moves indoors and thickens.

August can run genuinely hot, and the shoulder months — May, June, September — are the city at full charm with the summer crowds at half strength. If the grey months worry you, the baths plus a January escape flight is the local formula.

### Meeting people

The community here is year-round rather than seasonal, which changes its texture: people have flats, routines and a favourite bath, and they do not all leave in the same month. Coworking events, language exchanges and the expat sports leagues are the easy doors in; Margaret Island collects the runners. The thermal baths are the social institution — going regularly is how this city does slow socialising. Nobody expects you to master Hungarian, but a handful of courtesies opens more than it should.

### Staying active

Margaret Island is the city’s track: a car-free island with a rubberised running loop around its rim, pools in its middle, and the river on both sides — it is hard to design a better training venue on purpose. The Buda hills add real trail gradient a tram ride away.

The baths double as recovery culture, which changes how training feels here: hard efforts earn a thermal soak by right. Gyms and studios are plentiful and fairly priced, and rowing or kayaking on the Danube arm is the summer specialty worth trying once.

### Time off

Szentendre is the short hop: a riverside artists' town at the end of the suburban railway. The Danube Bend behind it — the citadel at Visegrád, the basilica at Esztergom — fills a proper day. Lake Balaton is the summer institution and reachable by train, and the wine towns of Eger and Tokaj make unhurried weekends. And because this is Central Europe, Vienna and Bratislava are ordinary train rides away — a different capital for lunch is a genuine option.

## Frequently asked questions

### How much does it cost to live in Budapest per month?

Between €877 and €1,301 a month, housing and everyday spending together, depending on whether you take a coliving room or your own place. Housing is a coliving room at €431 up to your own place at €687. Everyday spending — food, local transport, leisure — is modelled from national price levels rather than measured in the city, so it is an indication and not a quote. A coworking desk is extra at €155. Every figure carries its source on the destination page.

### How fast is the internet in Budapest?

Median download speed is about 46.3 Mbps. Source: M-Lab median of 11,299 tests within 50 km, last 7 days.

### What visa do I need for Budapest?

EU citizens can stay indefinitely; visa-exempt non-EU travellers get 90 days in any 180 across the Schengen area. The White Card is a dedicated digital nomad permit — €3,000 net a month, no Hungarian income, one year plus one extension — and a deliberate dead end: it leads to neither permanent residence nor family reunification. Last checked 2026-07-29. Always confirm with the official source before booking.

### What is the weather like in Budapest?

Winters average 2.3 °C and summers 22.6 °C. 4 of 12 months average a comfortable 18–27 °C (felt temperature). Source: Copernicus ERA5, 2025 annual average.

### Can I work European or US hours from Budapest?

A 09:00–17:00 working day in Budapest overlaps 8 hours with Central European time and 2 hours with US Eastern time, at standard time.

### Are there coworking spaces in Budapest?

30 coworking spaces are mapped in Budapest, plus 985 cafés to work from. Source: OpenStreetMap, within 15km. Counts are a floor, not a census — coverage depends on local mappers.

### How do you get to Budapest?

The nearest major airport is about 18 km away. 2 airports with scheduled service within 100 km. Source: OurAirports — nearest major airport is Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport.

## Sources

- **Copernicus ERA5** (Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information) — ECMWF’s ERA5 reanalysis, retrieved through Open-Meteo. Temperatures, rainfall, cloud cover and wind are daily values for the last complete calendar year. https://open-meteo.com/
- **Nomadbase comfort index** — Our own reading of ERA5 data, not a measurement: a month-by-month score for how comfortable the felt temperature is, damped for rain and cloud. The formula is published. https://nomadbase.com/destinations#how-we-score
- **OurAirports** (Public domain) — Airport locations and types. Distances are to the nearest major airport with scheduled service. https://ourairports.com/
- **OpenStreetMap** (ODbL) — Community-mapped places: coworking, cafés, gyms and diet options within 15km. Counts are a floor rather than a census — coverage depends on local mappers. https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
- **Nomadbase members** — Figures reported in the app by people living there, shown as a median with outliers removed. The only source for costs, because no free public one measures them per city. https://nomadbase.com/app
- **OpenAQ** (CC BY 4.0) — Air quality measured at ground stations. Only reaches part of the catalogue — a city needs a station nearby that is still reporting. https://openaq.org/
- **Published prices** — Prices read by hand from the operator’s or authority’s own published price list — a transit tariff, a coworking rate card, an eSIM store — on the date shown. Checked quarterly; the linked page is the source. https://nomadbase.com/destinations#how-we-score
- **Nomadbase country research** — Hand-maintained country tables for the LGBTQ+ legal position and tap-water safety, compiled from advocacy databases (ILGA World, Human Dignity Trust), national authorities and government travel advice, and scored with a published rubric. Country-level by nature — city reality can differ, which is what the practical note is for. https://nomadbase.com/destinations#how-we-score
- **M-Lab** (CC BY-SA 4.0) — Internet speed from real speed tests run by people in the city, aggregated over a seven-day window. https://www.measurementlab.net/
- **Inside Airbnb** (CC BY 4.0) — The short-let market price: median nightly rate of entire homes bookable by the month, times thirty, converted to EUR at ECB reference rates. Deliberately not called rent — local leases run cheaper, and member reports correct downward. https://insideairbnb.com/
- **World Bank** (CC BY 4.0) — Price level of household consumption at market exchange rates (US = 100) — a national figure that anchors the cost score where no city-level source exists yet. It measures what arriving with foreign income feels like, which is why a weak currency lowers it. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.PRVT.PLI
- **Government sources** — Visa and entry rules come from the responsible authority for each country, linked in the visa section and re-checked by hand on the date shown.
- **UNODC** (Free with attribution) — Intentional homicide rate from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime — a national figure, because no free source measures crime per city. The year next to the number is the year the country last reported. https://dataunodc.un.org/
- **Wikidata** (CC0) — Structural facts taken from the place’s Wikidata entity — resident population, which mirrors a national census figure, and elevation above sea level. The year is the one Wikidata records for that figure; where the entity was the wrong scale for the place we describe, the number has been replaced by a hand-sourced one from the statistics office instead. https://www.wikidata.org/

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