International Address Formats

🇭🇺Hungary Address Format

Hungarian addresses reverse two things Western forms assume: the family name comes first, and the four-digit postal code sits on the last line by itself rather than next to the town. Magyar Posta also expects the town on its own line before the street. Here is the correct order, a real example, and the mistakes that cause returns.

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Correctly formatted

1037
Nagy Anna
Budapest
Kunigunda útja 47.
1037
HUNGARY

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The Hungary address format, field by field

A Hungarian label runs recipient, the town on its own line, the street with the house number after it, then the four-digit postal code alone, then the country. The postal code is the last address line before the country.

1Recipient nameNagy Anna family name first, then given name, in Hungarian order

2CompanyPélda Kft. optional, above the town line

3Town / settlementBudapest the település (settlement) on its own line, before the street

4Street + house numberKunigunda útja 47. house number comes after the street name, followed by a period

5Postal code1037 4-digit irányítószám on its own line, the last address line

6CountryHUNGARY required for inbound international shipments

Postal code rules

The irányítószám drives Magyar Posta sorting and, unusually, is written on the last line of the address rather than beside the town. For Budapest the first digit is always 1 and the middle two digits encode the kerület (district), so 1037 is district III.

1037

Format: 4 digits (irányítószám) with no spaces or letters, for example 1037. In Budapest the middle two digits are the district number.

Validation regex: ^\d{4}$

Watch for: a code moved up next to the town (US habit) or truncated below four digits. Both break the expected Hungarian layout.

What makes Hungary different

The country-specific rules that generic autocomplete and single-line address fields tend to get wrong.

Name order

Family name comes first

Hungarian writes the family name before the given name, so Nagy Anna is Ms. Nagy, not Ms. Anna. A checkout that assumes given-name-first can swap the two and address the label to the wrong person.

Code goes last

The postal code sits on the last line

Unlike most of Europe, Hungary places the four-digit irányítószám on its own line at the end of the address, after the street. Forms that force the US city-then-code order put it in the wrong place for Magyar Posta.

Budapest districts

The district hides in the postal code

For Budapest addresses the middle two digits of the code are the kerület (district): 1037 is district III, 1052 is district V. A wrong middle pair sends the parcel to the wrong part of the city even when the street name is right.

House number and street type

Numbers take a trailing period, streets carry a type

Hungarian house numbers are written with a period, as in 47., and the street type is part of the name: utca (street), út (road), tér (square), körút (boulevard). Dropping the type can make two different addresses look identical.

Errors that cause failed deliveries to Hungary

Each of these passes a basic "is this field filled in" check but fails at the carrier, turning into a redelivery, a return, or an address correction fee.

✕Given and family name swapped. Reading Nagy Anna as given-name-first reverses the recipient and can fail name checks.

✕Postal code placed next to the town. Hungary keeps the four-digit code on its own last line, not beside the settlement.

✕Wrong Budapest district digits. A mistyped middle pair (1037 versus 1073) points to a different kerület.

✕Street type dropped. Leaving off utca, út or tér can make distinct streets ambiguous.

✕Diacritics stripped. Losing the ő and ű marks in names like Bükkös can cause mismatches against carrier data.

Carrier notes for Hungary

How the major carriers handle Hungary addresses, and what your label needs to satisfy each one.

Magyar Posta

The national postal operator, whose MPL parcel arm handles most inbound international mail. Sorting keys off the four-digit irányítószám, so a valid code on the last line matters most.

GLS & Foxpost

Leading domestic parcel and locker networks for Hungarian ecommerce. They expect the town, the street-with-house-number and a correct postal code for accurate home or pickup-point delivery.

DHL, FedEx, UPS

International carriers for inbound shipments. Include the country line; they apply address-correction surcharges when the postal code or district forces a manual fix.

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Hungary address format FAQ

How do you write a Hungarian address?+

Recipient name with the family name first, optional company, the town on its own line, the street name followed by the house number, then the four-digit postal code on its own line, then HUNGARY. The postal code is the last address line, which is unusual for Europe.

What is the Hungarian postal code format?+

Four digits with no spaces or letters, for example 1037. It sits on the last line of the address, and for Budapest the middle two digits are the district number, so it should be validated against the town.

Why do orders to Hungary get returned or delayed?+

Commonly because the name order was reversed, the postal code was placed beside the town instead of on its own line, or a Budapest district digit was mistyped. Validating the code against the settlement before shipping prevents most of these.