ABOUT HUNGARY

Hungary is located in the heart of Europe, spanning 93.030 square kilometres in the Carpathian Basin. With a population of nearly 10 million, it counts as a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language of the country is Hungarian. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest. The country is also a member of NATO, OECD, the United Nations, joined the European Union in 2004 and has been part of the Schengen Area since 2007.

Hungary became one of the most popular tourist destinations of Europe and part of the TOP 10 lists in recent years. The most visited city is Budapest, but more and more tourist started to discover other destinations like the Danube Bend, Lake Balaton and Hévíz, Esztergom, Sopron and the Fertő Lake, Eger or UNESCO World Heritage sites like Tokaj, Pannonhalma, Hollókő.

IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM PROCEDURES

From December 21, 2007 Hungary is a member of the Schengen Area, and applies the Schengen legislation in full. Significant changes subsequent to Hungary’s Schengen-membership are that visas and residence permits issued by one of the Schengen States are valid also for Hungary, visas issued by Hungarian representations abroad and residence permits issued by Hungarian national authorities are also valid for the entire Schengen Area.

As every country around the world, during the pandemic situation Hungary made regulations about entering into the territory of the country, but we hope that these laws will be no longer valid in 2025.

Hungary timezone is Central European Standard Time (GTM+1).

International phone code is +36 and international emergency number is 112

CLIMATE

Hungary is situated in between 3 climatic zones: the oceanic climate with less varying temperature and more evenly dispersed precipitation; the continental climate with more extreme temperature and relatively moderate precipitation; also, a Mediterranean effect with dry weather in summer, and wet one in winter. For a shorter or longer period of time any of these types can become prevailing. The summer is generally warm and dry with a vanishing chance of rain.