Esztergom weather in May

In May, Esztergom sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 75 mm of rain across 12 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 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Esztergom's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esztergom's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:14 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Esztergom is city in Hungary.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.9 µg/m³ · 2014
Founded
~972 CE

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 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Esztergom reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Esztergom

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.

Esztergom 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°388.23.98.60.0
Feb / -3°368.13.79.90.2
Mar10° / 448.61.711.62.4
Apr16° / 479.10.213.45.1
May21° / 10°7512014.96.2
Jun24° / 14°8111.4015.76.7
Jul26° / 15°7710.7015.46.6
Aug26° / 15°679.3014.16.9
Sep21° / 11°628.5012.46.7
Oct15° / 548.30.110.64.8
Nov / 529.31.79.11.5
Dec / -2°448.53.38.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 50%.

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

Any precipitation

Esztergom gets around 75 mm of rain over 12 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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 4:36 AM to 3:58 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 7:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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514.44:296:54
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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 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Esztergom?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Esztergom for sightseeing.

What to pack for Esztergom in May

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

In May, Esztergom sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Esztergom in May

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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 Esztergom peaks around July 13 at about 8 (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.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
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Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Esztergom?

Esztergom sits at 47.8°N, 18.7°E, 110 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Szentendre, 29 km away.

VácGödDunakesziÓbudaTatabányaTataÚjpest

Topography around Esztergom

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esztergom has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 306 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 657 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 907 m.

The land around Esztergom is covered by trees (36%), grassland (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
306 m
16 km
657 m
80 km
907 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Szentendre 29 km · Vác 30 km · Göd 32 km · Dunakeszi 34 km · Óbuda 35 km · Tatabánya 35 km · Tata 35 km · Újpest 36 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 Esztergom (47.7928°, 18.7415°, elevation 110 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).