🇭🇺 Cities in Hungary — API & JSON data

Hungary has 3,589 cities in the Geomelon dataset, one of the more densely covered countries in the API. The most populous is Budapest, at 1,685,209 people. Query it by name, region, or coordinates, with translations in 37 languages.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Hungary cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Budapest	—	1,685,209
Debrecen	Hajdú-Bihar County	202,130
Szeged	Csongrád-Csanád County	157,282
Miskolc	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County	141,440
Pécs	Baranya County	139,412
Győr	Győr-Moson-Sopron County	129,373
Nyíregyháza	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County	114,873
Kecskemét	Bács-Kiskun County	108,651
Székesfehérvár	Fejér County	95,241
Szombathely	Vas County	76,918

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=hu&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "99c80374-e0db-4d08-b6f5-d74bc8de94ac",
    "name": "Budapest",
    "population": 1685209,
    "countryName": "Hungary",
    "countryCode": "HU",
    "countryEmoji": "🇭🇺",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "952a7a69-b8da-45d5-a8b5-c4e6e2b52b0b",
    "name": "Debrecen",
    "population": 202130,
    "countryName": "Hungary",
    "countryCode": "HU",
    "countryEmoji": "🇭🇺",
    "regionName": "Hajdú-Bihar County"
  },
  {
    "id": "e6646c96-9011-488d-b311-52f4662d2050",
    "name": "Szeged",
    "population": 157282,
    "countryName": "Hungary",
    "countryCode": "HU",
    "countryEmoji": "🇭🇺",
    "regionName": "Csongrád-Csanád County"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=hu&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=hu&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Hungary are available in 37 languages.

en: Budapest
zh: 布达佩斯
ar: بودابست

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 3,183 Hungary cities as JSON (489 KB, no API key) from the Hungary cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Hungary does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 3,589 cities in Hungary across 27 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Hungary city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Hungary are available in 37 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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