Hungary

Magyarország

Hungary (HU, HUN) is a country in Central Europe, with Budapest as its capital. The currency is the Hungarian Forint (HUF, HUF). The international dialling code is +36 and the trunk prefix is 06; mobile numbers are written like 06 20 123 4567. The time zone is Europe/Budapest. Official language: Hungarian.

CurrencyHUFHUF

Dial code+36e.g. 06 20 123 4567

Time zoneBudapestUTC+01:00

LanguageHungarian

CapitalBudapest

Population9.9M93K km²

Overview

Official name: Hungary
Native name: Magyarország
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: HU
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: HUN
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 348
IOC code: HUN
Demonym: Hungarian
Capital: Budapest
Region: Europe › Central Europe
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Eastern Europe
European Union
United Nations
Internet domain: .hu
Coordinates: 47, 20
Area: 93,028 km²
Population: 9,855,750
GDP: $388.9B ($39.5K per person)
Literacy: 99%
Landlocked: Yes
Land borders: 🇦🇹 Austria
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇷🇴 Romania
🇷🇸 Serbia
🇸🇰 Slovakia
🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇺🇦 Ukraine

Currency

Hungarian Forint HUF

Symbol: HUF narrow Ft
Minor units: None (0 decimals)
Cash rounding: 0 decimals, increment 5
Example: 1235 Ft

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
Hungarian hu	Official	100% (9.9M)
English en		20% (2M)
German de		18% (1.8M)
French fr		1.2% (118.3K)
Romanian ro		0.99% (97.6K)
Croatian hr		0.32% (31.5K)
Slovak sk		0.12% (11.8K)
Slovenian sl		0.051% (5K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Europe/Budapest		UTC+01:00	UTC+02:00	Central European Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +36
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 06
National number length: 8–9 digits
Emergency number: 104 pattern 1(?:0[457]|12)

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	(06 1) 234 5678	+36 1 234 5678	(XX X) XXX XXXX	8
Mobile	06 20 123 4567	+36 20 123 4567	XX XX XXX XXXX	9
Toll free	06 80 123 456	+36 80 123 456	XX XX XXX XXX	8, 9
Premium rate	06 90 123 456	+36 90 123 456	XX XX XXX XXX	8
VoIP	06 21 123 4567	+36 21 123 4567	XX XX XXX XXXX	9
Universal access	06 38 123 4567	+36 38 123 4567	XX XX XXX XXXX	9

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Show the 3 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4})`	`1`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3})`	`[27][2-9]\|3[2-7]\|4[24-9]\|5[2-79]\|6\|8[2-57-9]\|9[2-69]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3,4})`	`[2-9]`	`$1 $2 $3`	`$1 $2 $3`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}

{Organization}

{City}

{Street address}

{Postal code}

Required fields: Street address, City, Postal code
Uppercase fields: Street address, City, Name, Organization

Postal code

Pattern: \d{4}
Examples: 1037 · 2380 · 1540
Post office lookup: http://posta.hu/ugyfelszolgalat/iranyitoszam_kereso

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Monday
Weekend: Saturday to Sunday
First week of the year: Contains at least 4 days of the new year
Hour cycle: 24-hour (0–23), also h
Calendars: gregorian
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: en-HU
hu-HU

Number and date formats

As written by the Hungarian (Hungary) locale (hu-HU), amounts in HUF.

Number: 1 234 567,891
Percent: 45,7%
Currency (HUF): 1 234 568 Ft
Accounting: -1 234 568 Ft
Currency, name: 1 234 568 magyar forint
Compact short: 1,2 M
Compact long: 1,2 millió
Scientific: 1,235E6
Speed: 88 kilométer per óra
Temperature: 21,5 °C
Date, full: 2026. március 27., péntek
Date, long: 2026. március 27.
Date, medium: 2026. márc. 27.
Date, short: 2026. 03. 27.
Time, medium: 15:04:05
Time, short: 15:04
Date and time: 2026. márc. 27. 15:04
Month and year: 2026. március
Weekday: péntek
Relative time: tegnap · 3 nap múlva · 2 órával ezelőtt
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