Mezőkövesd weather in May

In May, Mezőkövesd sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 59 mm of rain across 11.3 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 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 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 Mezőkövesd's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mezőkövesd's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:06 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Mezőkövesd is town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in Northern Hungary.

Density
176/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 21°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mezőkövesd 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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How May really feels in Mezőkövesd

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.

Mezőkövesd 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°317.13.68.60.0
Feb / -2°337.43.69.90.3
Mar11° / 357.61.611.62.9
Apr18° / 458.20.213.45.7
May23° / 12°5911.3014.96.6
Jun26° / 15°6511.1015.76.4
Jul28° / 17°7210.9015.45.9
Aug28° / 16°538.7014.16.3
Sep23° / 12°507.9012.47.0
Oct16° / 497.70.110.65.4
Nov / 448.41.39.11.9
Dec / -2°407.92.68.30.0

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%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Mezőkövesd gets around 59 mm of rain over 11.3 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 39% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
329
430
531
632
733
834
935
1036
1137
1237
1338
1438
1538
1638
1738
1838
1938
2038
2138
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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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19550
29460
39460
49370
59370
69280
79280
89190
99190
109190
1190100
1290100
1390100
1489110
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1688120
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1985141
2084151
2183161
2282171
2381181
2480191
2577212
2676222
2775232
2873243
2971263
3069274
3167285

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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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 4:29 AM to 3:51 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:296:41
214.34:276:43
314.34:256:44
414.44:246:45
514.44:226:47
614.54:206:48
714.54:196:50
814.64:176:51
914.64:166:52
1014.74:146:54
1114.74:136:55
1214.84:116:56
1314.84:106:58
1414.84:096:59
1514.94:077:00
1614.94:067:02
1715.04:057:03
1815.04:047:04
1915.14:027:06
2015.14:017:07
2115.14:007:08
2215.23:597:09
2315.23:587:10
2415.23:577:12
2515.33:567:13
2615.33:557:14
2715.33:547:15
2815.43:537:16
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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 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.56 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 Mezőkövesd?

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
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Mezőkövesd for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mezőkövesd in May

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

In May, Mezőkövesd 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 Mezőkövesd 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 Mezőkövesd 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
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Mezőkövesd 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 Mezőkövesd is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1815 µg/m³Oct 1211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb12Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mezőkövesd?

Mezőkövesd sits at 47.8°N, 20.6°E, 117 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Eger, 18 km away.

DiósgyőrMiskolcTiszaújvárosKazincbarcikaGyöngyösÓzdHortobágy

Topography around Mezőkövesd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mezőkövesd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 987 m.

The land around Mezőkövesd is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%), trees (27%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
331 m
80 km
987 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Eger 18 km · Diósgyőr 32 km · Miskolc 35 km · Tiszaújváros 39 km · Kazincbarcika 48 km · Gyöngyös 49 km · Ózd 49 km · Hortobágy 50 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 Mezőkövesd (47.8167°, 20.5833°, elevation 117 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).