Hungary Travel Information
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Time Difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
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Capital City: Budapest
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Airports: 20
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Travel Climate: temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
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Area Comparative: slightly smaller than Indiana
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Travel Currency: forint (HUF)
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Languages: Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%
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Ethnic Groups: Hungarian 89.9%, Roma 4%, German 2.6%, Serb 2%, Slovak 0.8%, Romanian 0.7%
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National Holiday: Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August; note - commemorates the date when his remains were transferred to Buda (now Budapest)
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Inflation Rate: 4.9%
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Geographic Coordinates: 47 00 N, 20 00 E
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Location: Central Europe, northwest of Romania
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Terrain: mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border
2019 Edition