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UTC+1 Europe/Budapest · UTC+1 in January, UTC+2 in July

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US Eastern team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here
US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here
UK team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 10:00–18:00 here
Central Europe team 8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
Price level 58 Moderate: household prices Hungary-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 7 / 12 April–October

Your team's working day, on Budapest's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Budapest; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 15:00–23:00
2 h
US Pacific 18:00–02:00
0 h
UK 10:00–18:00
7 h
Central Europe 09:00–17:00
8 h

Clock changes ahead in Budapest: 28 Mar 2027 → UTC+2; 31 Oct 2027 → UTC+1. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Feb2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Mar2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Apr2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
May2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jun2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jul2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Aug2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Sep2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Oct2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Nov2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Dec2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Poor (0.0), high 4°C4°JanFebruary: Poor (0.0), high 6°C6°FebMarch: Poor (2.6), high 11°C11°MarApril: Great (8.6), high 18°C18°AprMay: Great (10.0), high 23°C23°MayJune: Great (10.0), high 27°C27°JunJuly: Great (8.9), high 28°C28°JulAugust: Great (8.8), high 29°C29°AugSeptember: Great (10.0), high 22°C22°SepOctober: Good (7.4), high 16°C16°OctNovember: Poor (1.6), high 10°C10°NovDecember: Poor (0.0), high 4°C4°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan4°C-2°C33 mm-3°C dry8.7 h0.0
Feb6°C-1°C28 mm-2°C dry10.0 h0.0
Mar11°C3°C32 mm0°C dry11.6 h2.6
Apr18°C7°C36 mm4°C dry13.4 h8.6
May23°C12°C60 mm9°C dry14.9 h10.0
Jun27°C15°C60 mm13°C comfortable15.7 h10.0
Jul28°C17°C60 mm14°C comfortable15.4 h8.9
Aug29°C17°C47 mm14°C comfortable14.1 h8.8
Sep22°C12°C54 mm10°C comfortable12.3 h10.0
Oct16°C8°C46 mm7°C dry10.6 h7.4
Nov10°C4°C52 mm3°C dry9.0 h1.6
Dec4°C-1°C40 mm-2°C dry8.3 h0.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
1,675,777 (2026)
Elevation
117 m
Airports
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD), 18 km
Time zone
Europe/Budapest
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Hungary's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Budapest on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 1 Exercise Normal Precautions. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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