Travel Alert Status
Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
Time Difference
UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Travel Climate
Temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
Travel Currency
forint (HUF)
Languages
Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%
Ethnic Groups
Hungarian 89.9%, Roma 4%, German 2.6%, Serb 2%, Slovak 0.8%, Romanian 0.7%
National Holiday
Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August (1083); note - commemorates his canonization and the transfer of his remains to Buda (now Budapest) in 1083
Geographic Coordinates
47 00 N, 20 00 E
Location
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Airports
20