Qué hay en Budapest, Hungría, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Advent markets

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Thermal bath season (1 Nov – 15 Mar), Advent markets (14 Nov – 1 Ene (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Thermal bath season (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Concurrido — Tavaszi szünet (spring/Easter break) en Hungría, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Danube high water

  1 Mar – 30 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de inundacionesCierres

  Snowmelt upstream pushes the river over the lower quays most springs. The riverside roads and the Pest promenade close for days at a time and the trams along them are diverted. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Thermal bath season (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Concurrido — Tavaszi szünet (spring/Easter break) en Hungría, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Budapest Spring Festival

  5–25 Abr · normalmenteFestival de artes

  Three weeks of concerts and theatre across the city's halls in April, the point at which Budapest's cultural year restarts after the winter. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Danube high water (1 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Apertura

  Garden bar season

  1 May – 30 Sep · normalmenteApertura de verano

  The kertek — courtyard, rooftop and riverbank bars that only exist in warm months — open through May and are boarded up again by October. Half the nightlife the city is known for is seasonal. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Hungría, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Garden bar season (1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Hungarian Grand Prix, Summer holidays en Hungría

• Riesgo

  Summer heat alerts

  1 Jul – 20 Ago · normalmenteCalor extremo

  The national weather service issues heat alerts most summers and the city holds it: stone, no sea and little shade on the Pest grid. The baths and the riverbank after dark are the local answer. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Hungarian Grand Prix

  20 Jul – 5 Ago · normalmenteFin de semana de motorMucha genteReserva pronto

  The Hungaroring is twenty kilometres out of town and the race takes the city's hotel stock with it; rooms go at two or three times the usual and the M3 crawls for three days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Garden bar season (1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Hungarian Grand Prix, Sziget Festival

• Riesgo

  Ragweed pollen

  1 Ago – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de polen

  Hungary has the heaviest ragweed load in Europe and the count peaks over late summer; if you react to it at home, you will know about it here within a day. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Sziget Festival

  10–16 AgoFestival de músicaMucha genteReserva pronto

  Six days on Obuda Island in the middle of August. Hostels and the suburban line out to Filatorigat are full, and the centre is louder and a decade younger for the week. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  St Stephen's Day

  20 AgoLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  The national holiday on 20 August ends with fireworks along the Danube, watched from both banks and from Gellert Hill. The bridges close in the afternoon and the metro runs late. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Garden bar season (1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Summer heat alerts (1 Jul – 20 Ago (normalmente)), Hungarian Grand Prix (20 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

• Festival

  Budapest Wine Festival

  3–15 Sep · normalmenteCosecha

  Growers from every Hungarian region fill the Buda Castle courtyards for a long weekend in early September, with the best view in the city included in the ticket. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Garden bar season (1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Ragweed pollen (1 Ago – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — 23 October national holiday, Őszi szünet (autumn break) en Hungría

• Festivo

  23 October national holiday

  23 OctCierresMucha gente

  The 1956 anniversary is a public holiday with ceremonies on Kossuth Square and closed offices, museums and most shops. It usually pulls a long weekend with it. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Advent markets, Őszi szünet (autumn break) en Hungría

• Temporada

  Thermal bath season

  1 Nov – 15 Mar

  The outdoor pools at Szechenyi and Lukacs are better in the cold than in the heat: steam over the water, the chess boards still going, and no queue for a locker outside weekends. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Advent markets

  14 Nov – 1 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  Vorosmarty ter and the square in front of the Basilica take stalls from the middle of November, with a light projection on the church front on the half hour and a rink out in the city park. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Advent markets, Téli szünet (winter/Christmas break) en Hungría

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Thermal bath season (1 Nov – 15 Mar), Advent markets (14 Nov – 1 Ene (normalmente))