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Dark skies of Hungary.

5 sky guides in Hungary, out of 11 places we know there.

3Bortle77astronomical observatoryPiszkéstető StationHungaryHungary21.59 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct3Bortle77International Dark Sky ParkHortobágy National ParkHungaryHungary21.62 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct3Bortle76International Dark Sky ParkZselic National Landscape Protection AreaHungaryHungary21.58 mag/arcsec² · Mar, Aug–Oct3Bortle76International Dark Sky ParkBükk National ParkHungaryHungary21.57 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct7Bortle35astronomical observatoryKonkoly ObservatoryHungaryHungary18.48 mag/arcsec² · Sep–Oct

Other places in Hungary

  • Kiss György ObservatoryBortle 3
  • Planetarium BudapestBortle 9
  • The astrodome of the Lyceum in EgerBortle 6
  • Debrecen Heliophysical ObservatoryBortle 8
  • Kulin ObservatoryBortle 9
  • Observatory of SzegedBortle 6

Plan the night

A guided night, a bed nearby, a car.

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The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit
dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.You are here
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
forestsForestyaEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit