Balmazújváros weather in May

In May, Balmazújváros sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 65 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°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 Balmazújváros's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balmazújváros's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:04 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Balmazújváros is town in Hungary.

Density
88/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 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Balmazújváros reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Balmazújváros

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.

Balmazújváros 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 / -3°337.83.58.70.0
Feb / -2°388.33.59.90.3
Mar11° / 3881.411.63.0
Apr18° / 509.60.213.35.7
May23° / 12°6511.1014.96.6
Jun26° / 16°7011.5015.76.4
Jul29° / 17°7710.8015.45.8
Aug28° / 17°568.1014.16.2
Sep23° / 13°558012.47.0
Oct17° / 507.8010.65.6
Nov10° / 468.61.19.12.1
Dec / -1°458.62.58.30.0

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 52%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24951
34951
44951
54951
64951
74951
84951
95050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Balmazújváros gets around 65 mm of rain over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
130
231
331
431
532
632
733
834
934
1035
1135
1236
1336
1437
1537
1637
1737
1838
1938
2038
2138
2238
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2438
2538
2638
2738
2838
2938
3038
3138

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 79% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
193700
292800
392800
491900
590910
6891010
7891010
8881110
9881110
10871210
11871210
12861310
13851410
14841510
15831610
16821710
17811810
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19782020
20772120
21742330
22732430
23722440
24712540
25692650
26682750
27662860
28652870
29632980
30613090
315930101

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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 4:26 AM to 3:49 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:266:38
214.24:246:39
314.34:236:40
414.34:216:42
514.44:196:43
614.44:186:45
714.54:166:46
814.54:156:47
914.64:136:49
1014.64:126:50
1114.74:106:51
1214.74:096:53
1314.84:086:54
1414.84:066:55
1514.94:056:57
1614.94:046:58
1714.94:026:59
1815.04:017:01
1915.04:007:02
2015.13:597:03
2115.13:587:04
2215.13:577:06
2315.23:567:07
2415.23:557:08
2515.33:547:09
2615.33:537:10
2715.33:527:11
2815.43:517:12
2915.43:507:13
3015.43:497:14
3115.43:497:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.62 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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285.8Bright
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305.8Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Balmazújváros?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Balmazújváros for sightseeing.

What to pack for Balmazújváros in May

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

In May, Balmazújváros sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Balmazújváros 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 Balmazújváros peaks around July 12 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Balmazújváros?

Balmazújváros sits at 47.6°N, 21.4°E, 89 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Hajdúböszörmény, 14 km away.

PüspökladányTiszaújvárosKarcag

Topography around Balmazújváros

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balmazújváros has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 91 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 842 m.

The land around Balmazújváros is covered by grassland (36%) and cropland (34%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
73 m
80 km
842 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Hajdúböszörmény 14 km · Hortobágy 15 km · Hajdúszoboszló 19 km · Debrecen 23 km · Hajdúnánás 27 km · Püspökladány 38 km · Tiszaújváros 40 km · Karcag 46 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 Balmazújváros (47.6167°, 21.35°, elevation 89 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).