This wonderful country brims with culture and natural beauty. Budapest - one of the finest capitals in the world, Lake Balaton - Europe's largest freshwater lake, and numerous nature conservation areas await visitors, lovers of culture or nature alike. Those who seek rest and rejuvenation will turn to one of our many thermal spas, famous for their natural healing spring water.

Hungary has a continental climate, with cold, cloudy, humid winters and warm to hot summers.
Average annual temperature is 9.7 °C (49.5 °F).
Temperature extremes are about 38 °C (100 °F) in the summer and -29 °C (-20 °F) in the winter.
Average temperature in the summer is 27 to 32 °C (81 to 90 °F), and in the winter it is 0 to -15 °C (32 to 5 °F).

The average yearly rainfall is approximately 600 millimetres (24 in).