SPAR Budapest Marathon route map
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SPAR Budapest Marathon
This race edition
- Race date
- Date not confirmed for this distance
- Race timezone
- Timezone not confirmed
- Edition status
- Status not confirmed
Entry options
2026 edition
Entry options are not yet confirmed for this edition. Check the organiser before making plans.
Modelled energy-cost change 0.3% versus flat · net elevation 5 m
Decision summary
SPAR Budapest Marathon at a glance
- Route ascent
- 188 m
- Cut-off average pace
- 7:49/km
- Typical conditions
- 91/100
- Evidence depth
- 47 verified facts
Lower than 76% of comparable mapped races
5:30:00 total limit divided by distance. Check gun/chip timing and intermediate limits; allow time for stops.
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Stored GPS route
Quick answers
What runners ask first
How hilly is the SPAR Budapest Marathon?
The SPAR Budapest Marathon route has 188 m of ascent, 182 m of descent and an estimated 0.3% grade-adjusted pace penalty versus a flat route.
Where does the SPAR Budapest Marathon route go?
The SPAR Budapest Marathon route starts at Pazmany Peter Promenade and finishes at Pazmany Peter Promenade. Underfoot, expect a road course. It passes Chain Bridge, Szechenyi Istvan Square, Castle Garden Quay, Andrassy Avenue and Oktogon.
What should runners know on race day for the SPAR Budapest Marathon?
Cloakroom and bag storage available at the race center. Course is closed and secured to traffic. Numerous bands and supporters create the atmosphere along the course. 11. Nine pace groups from 3:30 to 5:30.
Race character
Scenery
- City
- Historic
- Waterfront
- Riverside
- Parkland
- Island
Atmosphere
- Big City
- Festival
- Destination
Terrain
- Road
- Elevation character
- Flat
- Technicality
- Non Technical
Entry, logistics and records
Records and field
- Field size
- Expected more than ten thousand runners with an international field; 40,219 registered across all distances in 2025
Entry requirements
- Entry status
- Open entry: The held registration model is open entry and this edition is not marked sold out.
- Minimum age
- 18+
- Cut-off
- 5 hours 30 minutes net time
- Qualification status
- None
Race day logistics
- Aid stations
- 11
- Pacers
- Nine pace groups from 3:30 to 5:30
- Bag drop
- Cloakroom and bag storage available at the race center
- Closed roads
- Course is closed and secured to traffic
- Expo / packet pickup
- Race center set up in the northern block of ELTE Lagymanyos Campus
- Race village
- No
- Medal
- Unique finisher's medal
- On-course music
- Numerous bands and supporters create the atmosphere along the course
Access and course status
- Start
- Pazmany Peter Promenade
- Finish
- Pazmany Peter Promenade
- Nearest station
- Moricz Zsigmond korter metro, then tram 4 to Petofi hid budai hidfo (approx 600 m walk along Pazmany Peter Promenade)
Course facts
- Course type
- Loop
- Landmarks
- Chain Bridge, Szechenyi Istvan Square, Castle Garden Quay, Andrassy Avenue, Oktogon, Liberty Bridge, St Gellert Square, Margaret Island (Margitsziget), Arpad Bridge, Hungarian Parliament, River Danube
- Notable features
- Runs along both banks of the Danube past Budapest UNESCO World Heritage sites
- a sweep bus removes runners who fall behind the final pace group
How hilly is the SPAR Budapest Marathon?
- Steep descent 0%
- Descent 3%
- Flat 93%
- Climb 4%
- Steep climb 0%
- Total ascent
- 188 m
- Net elevation
- +5 m
- GAP factor
- 0.3%
- Longest climb
- 1,610 m at 2.2%
What are typical race-day conditions?
- 12°CTypical temperature
- 16 kphTypical wind
- 2 mmTypical rainfall
- 91Favourability /100
More race details
Is the SPAR Budapest Marathon flat?
Its normalised GAP factor is 0.3% slower than a flat course, with about 188 m of total ascent.
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