Kaposvár weather in May

In May, Kaposvár sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 76 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°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 Kaposvár's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaposvár's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:22 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

Kaposvár is city in Hungary.

Founded
~950 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 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kaposvár reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°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 Kaposvár

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.

Kaposvár weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°397.23.48.80.0
Feb / -1°468.53.5100.5
Mar11° / 509.41.811.62.9
Apr17° / 539.90.313.35.3
May21° / 11°7612014.76.3
Jun25° / 15°8211.4015.56.6
Jul27° / 16°7110.5015.26.6
Aug27° / 16°7090146.9
Sep22° / 12°749012.46.8
Oct16° / 628.20.110.75.3
Nov10° / 619.41.59.22.1
Dec / -1°569.338.50.0

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

Kaposvár gets around 76 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 39% and peaks near 40% 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 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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28682570
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315930101

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 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 4:43 AM to 4:07 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 7:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:436:49
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314.24:406:52
414.24:386:53
514.34:376:54
614.34:356:56
714.44:346:57
814.44:326:58
914.54:317:00
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3015.34:087:24
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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 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.68 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 Kaposvár?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kaposvár for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kaposvár in May

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

In May, Kaposvár sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kaposvár 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 Kaposvár peaks around July 17 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 8 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
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Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kaposvár?

Kaposvár sits at 46.4°N, 17.8°E, 144 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Dombóvár, 26 km away.

KomlóPecsKeszthelyNagykanizsaSiófokTapolcaSzekszárd

Topography around Kaposvár

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaposvár has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 603 m.

The land around Kaposvár is covered by trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
187 m
80 km
603 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Dombóvár 26 km · Komló 41 km · Pecs 46 km · Keszthely 62 km · Nagykanizsa 63 km · Siófok 63 km · Tapolca 63 km · Szekszárd 70 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 Kaposvár (46.3667°, 17.8°, elevation 144 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).