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Teraszok · Budapest

Café terraces in Budapest

Squares in District V, Ráday utca and Tűzoltó utca in District IX, Bartók Béla út in Buda, and garden cafés.

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Terasz (terrace) weather in Budapest runs from spring well into autumn. At the Pestszentlőrinc station, the 1991–2020 average daily high climbs from 17.9 °C in April to 22.6 °C in May and 28.1 °C in July, then drops to 16.4 °C in October.1 July is also the wettest month there, with 74 mm of rain on average.1

Hungary’s non-smokers’ protection act bans smoking in the public rooms of cafés and other public establishments.2 Catering and entertainment venues may mark out an open-air smoking area, even within five meters of the entrance when there is no room for one further away.2 A venue can also declare itself entirely smoke-free, which removes the need for a smoking area indoors or out.2

Local tip: For a terrace without smoke, look for a sign declaring the whole venue smoke-free: Hungarian law lets a café ban smoking outdoors as well as inside.2

Where these cafés are: Belváros-Lipótváros (V) (27), Erzsébetváros (VII) (19), Széll Kálmán tér & Rózsadomb (II) (19), Ferencváros (IX) (19), Újbuda (XI) (14), Józsefváros (VIII) (12), Újlipótváros & Angyalföld (XIII) (12), Castle District & Víziváros (I) (9), Terézváros (VI) (8), Hegyvidék (XII) (6), Óbuda (III) (4), Zugló (XIV) (2).

At a glance

151Cafés listed
122With opening hours
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  • Opens earliest: Baráti Kávézó 2, from 00:00 (Mon–Thu 00:00–02:00, 11:00–00:00 · Fri–Sat 00:00–03:00, 11:00–00:00 · Sun 00:00–01:00, 11:00–00:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (55%), wi-fi (23%), open late (22%).

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Squares and the river in District V

District V (Belváros-Lipótváros) has the most café terraces, with Erzsébetváros sharing second place. On Vörösmarty tér, Café de Paris at No. 1 serves daily until 00:00 and Red N’ at No. 2 until 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Piarista köz 1 has two terraces under one address: Kuglóf, open 08:00–16:00 on weekdays, and Három Holló, open daily 12:00–00:00.

On Kossuth Lajos tér, Szamos Today at No. 10 opens at 07:30 on weekdays and Smúz Café at No. 18 at 10:00 every day. Kahwa, on the embankment at Belgrád rakpart 19, closes at 20:00 all week.

Ráday utca and Tűzoltó utca in District IX

Ráday utca runs 1.01 km from Kálvin tér to Boráros tér and has carried its name since 1906, after the 18th-century art collector and poet Gedeon Ráday.3 The street is known above all for its restaurants.3 Among its cafés, iF at No. 19 stays open daily until 23:45, and Waffle & Love is at No. 3.

Further east, Tűzoltó utca has Másik Szoba Café and Bar at No. 22, which opens at 15:00 and runs until 02:00 on Friday and Saturday nights, Caffe Dallucci at Nos. 50-56 and L’Amuse Cukrászda és Kávézó at No. 82. Ferencváros ties with Erzsébetváros and with Széll Kálmán tér & Rózsadomb in Buda for second place in café terraces.

Bartók Béla út in Buda

In District XI, Bartók Béla út runs 2.96 km from Szent Gellért tér, and since the mid-2010s the district has promoted its stretch between Móricz Zsigmond körtér and Szent Gellért tér as a cultural street under the Bartók-negyed (Bartók Quarter) program.4 Spatula Cafe is at No. 8, Kelet Kávézó és Galéria at No. 29, Művház at No. 33, Caphe by Hai Nam at No. 35 and Hadik kávéház at No. 36, all with outdoor tables.

Kelet opens at 07:30 on weekdays and closes at 22:30, and Hadik runs 09:00–23:00 every day. Further out at Nos. 62-64, Addicted to Caffeine closes at 22:00 all week.

Garden cafés and terraces around Széll Kálmán tér

A kert (garden) is the other outdoor format. Kilenc Kert at Thaly Kálmán utca 58 opens Tuesday to Sunday and stays open until 23:00 from Thursday to Saturday, Léghajó Kert on Dvorák sétány in the City Park opens daily 09:00–20:00, and Bárkert is on Ybl Miklós tér in District I.

Around Széll Kálmán tér, Fény utca has Jégbüfé at No. 15, open from 07:00 on weekdays, and Coffee Stand at No. 11, open 11:00–20:00 on weekdays; Lövőház utca has Kaffeine at No. 27 and Kardamom at No. 28. Bambi Eszpresszó on Frankel Leó út 2–4 opens at 07:00 on weekdays, stays open until 22:00 and takes cash only.

Sources

  1. Climate of Budapest, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. 1999. évi XLII. törvény a nemdohányzók védelméről, Nemzeti Jogszabálytár (Net Jogtár), accessed October 2026
  3. Ráday utca, Wikipedia (Hungarian), accessed October 2026
  4. Bartók Béla út, Wikipedia (Hungarian), accessed October 2026
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By area: Belváros-Lipótváros (V) Terézváros (VI) Erzsébetváros (VII) Józsefváros (VIII) Ferencváros (IX) Castle District & Víziváros (I) Újlipótváros & Angyalföld (XIII) Újbuda (XI)

FAQ

Outdoor seating in Budapest: questions

When is the weather warm enough for café terraces in Budapest?

Average daily highs at Budapest’s Pestszentlőrinc station (1991–2020) reach 17.9 °C in April, 22.6 °C in May and 28.1 °C in July, then fall to 16.4 °C in October. July is also the wettest month there, with 74 mm of rain on average.

Can you smoke on café terraces in Budapest?

Smoking is banned in the public rooms of cafés in Hungary. Catering venues may designate an open-air smoking area, inside the five-meter zone around the entrance only when there is no room further away. A venue may also declare itself completely smoke-free, outdoor areas included.

Which streets in Budapest have the most café terraces?

District V has the most, around Vörösmarty tér, Piarista köz and Kossuth Lajos tér. In District IX, Ráday utca and Tűzoltó utca have terraces open late, and in Buda, Bartók Béla út has Kelet, Művház and Hadik within a few doors of each other.

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