The climate in Hungary
Average daytime and nighttime temperaturesAll climate diagrams on this page come from the collected data of 17 weather stations.
All data correspond to the average monthly values of the last 20 years.
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Climate zone: Moderate zone of the northern hemisphere
The climate in Hungary is quite varied, but generally does not offer extreme climate conditions. It is cold and wet with some nice summer months. The warmest and rainiest part of the country is Southern Great Plain. The coldest is Northern Hungary. Due to the warmer temperatures, the best time for traveling is from May to September. Less attractive are the cold months from November to March.
The climate in Hungary is quite varied, but generally does not offer extreme climate conditions. It is cold and wet with some nice summer months. The warmest and rainiest part of the country is Southern Great Plain. The coldest is Northern Hungary. Due to the warmer temperatures, the best time for traveling is from May to September. Less attractive are the cold months from November to March.
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Rain days per month

Precipitation in mm/day

Relative humidity in %

Absolute humidity in g/m³

Regions in Hungary
All figures per year. For detailed climate data click on the name of the region.Region | Temperature max Ø day | Temperature min Ø night | Sunshine hours | Rainy days | Precipitation | Humidity |
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Central Transdanubia | 16.9 °C | 6.6 °C | 2,190 h | 82 | 621 l | 75.0 % |
Central Hungary | 16.8 °C | 7.5 °C | 2,300 h | 77 | 588 l | |
Northern Great Plain | 16.5 °C | 6.1 °C | 2,190 h | 89 | 624 l | 77.0 % |
Northern Hungary | 16.0 °C | 5.9 °C | 2,190 h | 91 | 646 l | 77.0 % |
Southern Great Plain | 17.3 °C | 6.7 °C | 2,300 h | 83 | 562 l | 77.0 % |
Southern Transdanubia | 16.7 °C | 6.5 °C | 2,154 h | 86 | 683 l | 73.0 % |
Western Transdanubia | 16.7 °C | 7.4 °C | 2,117 h | 90 | 694 l | 73.0 % |
Temperature records of the last 74 years
The hottest temperature measured from 1949 to January 2023 was reported by the Szeged weather station. In July 2022, the record temperature of 40.1 °C was reported here. The hottest summer from July to September, based on all 9 weather stations in Hungary , was recorded in 1950 with an average temperature of 23.5 °C. This average temperature will normally be measured every four to six hours, thus also including the nights. Normally, this value is 19.6 degrees Celsius.The coldest day in these 74 years was reported by the Debrecen weather station. Here the temperature dropped to -12.4 °C in January 2022. Debrecen lies at an altitude of 109 meters above sea level. The coldest winter (January to March) was in 1963 with an average temperature of -2.7 °C. In Hungary, it is usual to have about 4.8 degrees more at 2.2 °C for this three-month period.
The most precipitation fell in June 1999. With 8.5 mm per day, the Miskolc weather station recorded the highest monthly average of the last 74 years. Incidentally, the region with the most rainfall for the whole year is around Nagykanizsa. The driest region is near Szeged.
Long-term development of temperatures from 1971 - 2022
In contrast to single record values, long-term development cannot simply be brought about by all weather stations in the country. Both the number and the locations are constantly changing. An average value would give a distorted result. If several measuring stations in particularly cold mountain or coastal regions are added in one year, the average would decrease as a result of this alone. If a station fails during the summer or winter months, it does not provide any values and distorts the average again. The subsequent long-term development was therefore reduced to only 1 measuring points in order to have comparable data over as long a period as possible.In the years 1971 to 2022, there were only these 1 weather stations in the whole country, which reported continuous temperature values (Pecs Pogany). From these weather reports, we have created a long-term development that shows the monthly average temperatures. The hottest month in this entire period was August 1992 at 25.4 °C. January 1985 was the coldest month with an average temperature of -5.5 °C.
The average annual temperature was about 10.5 °C in the years after 1971 and about 12.5 °C in the last years before 2022. So in less than 52 years, it has increased by about 2.0 °C. This trend only applies to the selected 1 weather stations in Hungary. A considerably more comprehensive evaluation of global warming has been provided separately.
