Pest Weather in May
Pest in May
The short of it: Pest in May averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 15 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 12° · rain 59 mm · daylight 15 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Pest an average May high of 23°, a low of 12° and some 59 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 12°. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
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. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Pest runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Erzsébetváros, 1 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Pest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ErzsébetvárosBudapest | 1 km WNW | 23° | 12° | 59 mm |
| Budapest VI. kerületBudapest | 1 km WNW | 23° | 12° | 59 mm |
| JózsefvárosBudapest | 1 km SSW | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| Budapest VIII. kerületBudapest | 2 km SW | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| Budapest V. kerületBudapest | 2 km W | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| FerencvárosBudapest | 3 km SSE | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| ZuglóBudapest | 3 km NE | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| ÚjlipótvárosBudapest | 3 km NW | 23° | 12° | 59 mm |