Diósgyőr weather in May

In May, Diósgyőr sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 69 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Diósgyőr's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diósgyőr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:05 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
60%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Diósgyőr is historical town, now a part of Miskolc, Hungary.

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 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Diósgyőr reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°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 Diósgyőr

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.

Diósgyőr weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°3073.78.60.0
Feb / -3°337.53.89.90.2
Mar11° / 367.61.611.62.7
Apr17° / 488.70.213.45.6
May22° / 11°6911.4014.96.5
Jun26° / 15°7211.5015.86.4
Jul28° / 16°8112015.46.0
Aug28° / 16°608.9014.16.5
Sep22° / 11°567.8012.47.0
Oct16° / 518.20.110.65.1
Nov / 448.81.591.7
Dec / -2°397.92.98.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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%.

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

Any precipitation

Diósgyőr gets around 69 mm of rain over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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29550
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49460
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69370
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2481181
2579192
2678202
2776213
2875223
2973234
3072244
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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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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:27 AM to 3:49 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:276:41
214.34:266:43
314.34:246:44
414.44:226:46
514.44:216:47
614.54:196:49
714.54:186:50
814.64:166:51
914.64:156:53
1014.74:136:54
1114.74:126:56
1214.84:106:57
1314.84:096:58
1414.94:077:00
1514.94:067:01
1615.04:057:02
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2015.14:007:07
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2215.23:587:10
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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 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.52 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Diósgyőr?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Diósgyőr for sightseeing.

What to pack for Diósgyőr in May

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

In May, Diósgyőr sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Diósgyőr 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 Diósgyőr 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 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
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Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Diósgyőr?

Diósgyőr sits at 48.1°N, 20.7°E, 186 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Miskolc, 7.0 km away.

ÓzdEgerMezőkövesdTiszaújvárosRimavská SobotaHajdúnánás

Topography around Diósgyőr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Diósgyőr has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 458 m around an average of 294 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 860 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,374 m.

The land around Diósgyőr is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (64%) within 16 km, and trees (39%), cropland (37%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
458 m
16 km
860 m
80 km
1,374 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Miskolc 7.0 km · Kazincbarcika 17 km · Ózd 31 km · Eger 32 km · Mezőkövesd 32 km · Tiszaújváros 35 km · Rimavská Sobota 58 km · Hajdúnánás 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 Diósgyőr (48.1°, 20.6833°, elevation 186 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).