Kazincbarcika weather in May

In May, Kazincbarcika sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 78 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 27% 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 Kazincbarcika's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kazincbarcika's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:04 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
60%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Kazincbarcika is town in Hungary.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 18 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
883/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 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kazincbarcika reaches about 22°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 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 Kazincbarcika

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.

Kazincbarcika weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°317.24.28.60.0
Feb / -3°357.74.39.90.1
Mar10° / 387.8211.62.4
Apr17° / 528.90.213.45.3
May22° / 10°7811.5014.96.4
Jun25° / 14°7811.7015.86.5
Jul27° / 15°9111.9015.56.3
Aug27° / 15°689.4014.16.8
Sep21° / 11°598.4012.46.8
Oct15° / 568.40.110.64.8
Nov / 488.71.891.5
Dec / -3°398.33.28.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
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55050
64951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kazincbarcika gets around 78 mm of rain over 11.5 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 (%)
132
232
333
433
533
634
735
835
936
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1137
1237
1338
1438
1538
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1738
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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 (%)
19550
29550
39460
49460
59370
69370
79280
89280
99280
109190
119190
1290100
1390100
1490100
1589110
1688120
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1886131
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2084151
2183161
2282171
2381181
2480191
2579192
2678202
2777212
2874233
2972244
3071254
3169265

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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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 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 6:42 PM to 7:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:276:42
214.34:266:43
314.44:246:45
414.44:226:46
514.54:216:48
614.54:196:49
714.64:176:51
814.64:166:52
914.74:146:53
1014.74:136:55
1114.74:116:56
1214.84:106:58
1314.84:086:59
1414.94:077:00
1514.94:067:02
1615.04:047:03
1715.04:037:04
1815.14:027:06
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2015.14:007:08
2115.23:587:09
2215.23:577:11
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2615.43:537:15
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2815.43:517:18
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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 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.44 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 Kazincbarcika?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kazincbarcika for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kazincbarcika in May

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

In May, Kazincbarcika sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Kazincbarcika 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 Kazincbarcika 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Kazincbarcika in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kazincbarcika is worst in June — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kazincbarcika's WHO annual average of 18 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1822 µg/m³Dec 1614 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kazincbarcika?

Kazincbarcika sits at 48.3°N, 20.6°E, 185 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Diósgyőr, 17 km away.

EgerRožňavaRimavská SobotaMezőkövesdTiszaújváros

Topography around Kazincbarcika

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kazincbarcika has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 214 m around an average of 168 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 671 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,901 m.

The land around Kazincbarcika is covered by trees (35%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (55%), cropland (21%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
214 m
16 km
671 m
80 km
1,901 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Diósgyőr 17 km · Miskolc 20 km · Ózd 25 km · Eger 43 km · Rožňava 46 km · Rimavská Sobota 48 km · Mezőkövesd 48 km · Tiszaújváros 49 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 Kazincbarcika (48.25°, 20.6333°, elevation 185 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).