Budapest Weather in May
Budapest in May
The short of it: Budapest in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 12° · rain 60 mm · daylight 15 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
May in Budapest brings afternoons near 23° and nights around 12°, with about 60 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 23°, with nights near 12°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 60 mm.
The sun is up for about 15 h 6 min in mid-May, 92 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Budapest runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Budapest I. kerület, 0 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Budapest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 24 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest I. kerületBudapest | 0 km SSW | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| BudaBudapest | 1 km WNW | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| Budapest V. kerületBudapest | 1 km E | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| NaphegyPest County | 2 km SW | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| Budapest VI. kerületBudapest | 2 km ENE | 23° | 12° | 59 mm |
| Budapest XII. kerületBudapest | 2 km WSW | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| ÚjlipótvárosBudapest | 2 km NNE | 23° | 12° | 59 mm |
| ErzsébetvárosBudapest | 2 km E | 23° | 12° | 59 mm |