Country
Hungary
- HU
- Europe
- HUF
- .hu
Hungary (HU/HUN) is a country in Europe with its capital at Budapest. It covers about 93,028 km² with a population of roughly 9,600,000, uses the HUF, dials on +36, owns the .hu internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Budapest. It borders 7 countries.
Identity
Official short nameHungary
CapitalBudapest
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2HU
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3HUN
Internet TLD.hu
Calling code+36
Currency codeHUF
Geography
Latitude47.1625° N
Longitude19.5033° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area93,028 km²35,918 square miles
Land neighbours74 have pages here; SK, RS, SI are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London1,497 kmto the approximate centre of Hungary, not to Budapest. E, bearing 101.1°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Budapestthe IANA zone for Budapest; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+01:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00
Summer offsetUTC+02:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+01:00
Offset in JulyUTC+02:00
Current offsetUTC+02:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 20:08
Hours ahead of UTC2
Population & scale
Population9,600,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density103.2 per km²≈
Share of world population0.119%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset47 of 59
Population rank in this dataset48 of 59
Neighbouring countries
Ukraine881 km centre to centre
Romania439 km centre to centre
Croatia403 km centre to centre
Austria375 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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