Currency Budapest

Currency Exchange

Hungary is not a Euro zone country. Currency in Hungary called Forint (HUF) and 1 Euro equal to 308 HUF, 1 USD equals 290 HUF (Mar 2017).

As rates are always changing, please check the market price at your local bank or reputable currency exchange rate website before changing currency. Exchange cash in the airport, about 4,000 HUF is recommended and buy the 200E bus ticket (about 450 HUF) and 10 trip subway ticket (3000 HUF), or exchange 1,000 HUF (450 HUF bus ticket and 350 HUF one way subway ticket). After settling down, you can go to Vaci utca to find better exchange centers with more reasonable exchange rate.