Gyula weather in May

In May, Gyula sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 62 mm of rain across 11.1 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 21°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 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gyula's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gyula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:07 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Gyula is city in Hungary.

Density
126/km²
people per km²
Founded
1313

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 Gyula 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 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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312414

How May really feels in Gyula

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.

Gyula 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°388.13.38.80.0
Feb / -2°4193.5100.4
Mar12° / 438.61.211.63.1
Apr18° / 55100.213.35.6
May23° / 12°6211.1014.86.6
Jun26° / 15°7611.2015.66.5
Jul28° / 17°6810015.36.2
Aug28° / 17°557.60146.4
Sep23° / 12°588.2012.47.1
Oct17° / 508.2010.65.7
Nov10° / 498.50.89.22.4
Dec / -1°509.12.68.40.1

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 (%)
15149
25149
35149
45149
55050
65050
74951
84951
94951
104852
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124852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gyula gets around 62 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 40% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
131
231
331
431
532
632
733
833
934
1034
1135
1235
1336
1436
1537
1637
1737
1837
1938
2038
2138
2238
2338
2438
2538
2639
2739
2839
2939
3039
3140

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 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
193700
292800
391900
491900
5901000
6891100
7891100
8881200
9871210
10861310
11861310
12851410
13831520
14821620
15811720
16791830
17781930
18762040
19742240
20722350
21712450
22692560
23672670
24652780
25642880
26632890
276129100
285930110
295731120
305531131
315232151

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
59calm
69calm
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89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
169calm
179calm
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269calm
279calm
289calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 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 4:28 AM to 3:53 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 7:12 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:286:36
214.24:276:37
314.24:256:38
414.34:246:40
514.34:226:41
614.44:216:42
714.44:196:44
814.54:186:45
914.54:166:46
1014.54:156:48
1114.64:136:49
1214.64:126:50
1314.74:116:52
1414.74:096:53
1514.84:086:54
1614.84:076:55
1714.84:066:57
1814.94:056:58
1914.94:036:59
2015.04:027:00
2115.04:017:01
2215.04:007:02
2315.13:597:04
2415.13:587:05
2515.13:577:06
2615.23:567:07
2715.23:567:08
2815.23:557:09
2915.33:547:10
3015.33:537:11
3115.33:537:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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35.5Bright
45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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85.6Bright
95.6Bright
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305.8Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gyula?

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
4.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gyula for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gyula in May

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

In May, Gyula 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 Gyula 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 Gyula peaks around June 23 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gyula?

Gyula sits at 46.6°N, 21.3°E, 86 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Békéscsaba, 14 km away.

SalontaGyomaendrődOrosházaAradSzarvasMezőtúr

Topography around Gyula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gyula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 89 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,022 m.

The land around Gyula is covered by cropland (27%), trees (25%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
47 m
80 km
1,022 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Békéscsaba 14 km · Békés 17 km · Salonta 33 km · Gyomaendrőd 47 km · Orosháza 48 km · Arad 52 km · Szarvas 61 km · Mezőtúr 63 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 Gyula (46.65°, 21.2833°, elevation 86 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).