Ajka weather in May

In May, Ajka sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 71 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ajka's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ajka's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:20 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Ajka is city in Hungary.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
330/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ajka reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ajka

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ajka weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°377.43.78.70.0
Feb / -1°407.83.6100.2
Mar10° / 458.91.711.62.3
Apr16° / 489.30.313.34.9
May20° / 12°7112.1014.86.1
Jun24° / 15°7711.4015.66.7
Jul26° / 17°7310.8015.36.7
Aug26° / 17°679.10147.0
Sep21° / 12°708.8012.46.6
Oct15° / 588.40.210.64.7
Nov / 588.81.59.11.6
Dec / -1°519.23.28.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ajka gets around 71 mm of rain over 12.1 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
194600
294600
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691900
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13891100
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21801730
22781840
23771940
24752050
25742150
26712360
27692470
28662680
29642790
306228100
315730121

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:42 AM to 4:06 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:426:52
214.24:416:53
314.34:396:54
414.34:376:56
514.44:366:57
614.44:346:58
714.44:337:00
814.54:317:01
914.54:307:02
1014.64:287:04
1114.64:277:05
1214.74:267:06
1314.74:247:08
1414.84:237:09
1514.84:227:10
1614.94:207:12
1714.94:197:13
1814.94:187:14
1915.04:177:15
2015.04:167:17
2115.14:157:18
2215.14:147:19
2315.14:137:20
2415.24:127:21
2515.24:117:22
2615.24:107:23
2715.34:097:25
2815.34:087:26
2915.34:077:27
3015.44:067:28
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.59 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ajka?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ajka for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ajka in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Ajka sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ajka in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ajka peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ajka?

Ajka sits at 47.1°N, 17.6°E, 225 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Tapolca, 26 km away.

SiófokKeszthelyVárpalotaSárvárZalaegerszeg

Topography around Ajka

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ajka.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ajka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m around an average of 258 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 451 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 598 m.

The land around Ajka is covered by trees (40%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, trees (52%), grassland (26%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
234 m
16 km
451 m
80 km
598 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Tapolca 26 km · Pápa 26 km · Veszprém 27 km · Siófok 44 km · Keszthely 44 km · Várpalota 45 km · Sárvár 50 km · Zalaegerszeg 62 km

Hungary travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$25,907
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 590
Religion
no answer 40%Catholic 30%none 16%Calvinist 10%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ajka (47.102°, 17.5589°, elevation 225 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).