Climate and average weather in Nagykanizsa

In Nagykanizsa, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nagykanizsa typically varies from -2°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 33°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Nagykanizsa for warm-weather activities is from late April to mid October.

Hottest
Jul
27°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
Sep
82 mm
Driest
Jan
37 mm
Rain / yr
744 mm
112 wet days
Daylight
8.4–15.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
152 m
46.5°N
Clearest
Aug
47% cloud

Nagykanizsa is city in Zala county, Hungary.

Founded
1245

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Nagykanizsa weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Nagykanizsa, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 21 to September 15, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Nagykanizsa is July, with an average high of 27°C and low of 17°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 21 to February 27, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Nagykanizsa is January, with an average low of -2°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan4-2
Feb6-1
Mar123
Apr177
May2111
Jun2515
Jul2717
Aug2716
Sep2212
Oct168
Nov104
Dec4-1

How hot and cold Nagykanizsa really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -6°C (around January 29), with roughly 119 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan44-6-2
Feb66-5-1
Mar111203
Apr171757
May21211111
Jun25251515
Jul27271717
Aug27271616
Sep22221212
Oct161668
Nov101014
Dec44-4-1

Average hourly temperature in Nagykanizsa

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Nagykanizsa weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°376.93.18.80.0
Feb / -1°457.53.2100.6
Mar12° / 488.61.511.63.0
Apr17° / 519.30.213.35.3
May21° / 11°7411.9014.86.3
Jun25° / 15°8011.6015.56.6
Jul27° / 17°7611015.26.5
Aug27° / 16°729.50146.8
Sep22° / 12°829.5012.46.7
Oct16° / 638.4010.75.2
Nov10° / 639.11.29.22.0
Dec / -1°558.82.98.50.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Nagykanizsa gets about 744 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.1 months, from around Apr 9 to Aug 10, peaking in May at about 40% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 16.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 82 mm over about 10 wet days; January is the driest, with 37 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 18 · 40%Jan 16 · 21%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan227
Feb278
Mar289
Apr329
May3812
Jun3812
Jul3511
Aug3210
Sep3210
Oct278
Nov309
Dec299

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nagykanizsa collects about 744 mm of rain across 112 wet days — roughly 62 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 82 mm, while January is the driest at just 37 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec374548517480767282636355
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3773
Feb4583
Mar4892
Apr5190
May74120
Jun80120
Jul76110
Aug72100
Sep82100
Oct6380
Nov6391
Dec5593

Snow in Nagykanizsa

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Nagykanizsa averages about 12 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 6 to Apr 4 — about 4.9 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 17 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 63 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 8
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan313
Feb317
Mar27
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov111
Dec313

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Nagykanizsa, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 21 and lasts for 6.1 months, ending around October 22. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 63% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 23 and lasts for 5.9 months, ending around April 20. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 68% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 13 · 64%Nov 29 · 27%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3565
Feb3763
Mar4159
Apr4555
May4951
Jun5446
Jul6337
Aug6337
Sep5248
Oct4753
Nov3268
Dec3268

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 13, brings about 15 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 7 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan8.87:384:24
Feb10.07:065:07
Mar11.66:145:49
Apr13.35:126:32
May14.84:257:12
Jun15.54:057:40
Jul15.24:197:36
Aug14.04:566:56
Sep12.45:375:56
Oct10.76:184:56
Nov9.27:034:12
Dec8.57:364:00

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Nagykanizsa averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around Jun 8 to Oct 24. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is December, down near 6 sunny days — about 58% fewer than the August peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightAug 914 daysDec 15 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar8Mixed
Apr8Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun10Mixed
Jul13Mixed
Aug14Mixed
Sep11Mixed
Oct10Mixed
Nov6Gloomy
Dec6Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Nagykanizsa, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around May 29 to September 13. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 41% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 14 to May 28, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 17 · 100%Aug 1 · 47%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr99100
May821530
Jun4034233
Jul2236339
Aug2237347
Sep6129100
Oct91900
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Nagykanizsa is typically calm, near 10 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.3 months, from around Jan 20 to May 29. The windiest month is April, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 30 to Nov 4, with August the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeApr 4 · 12 km/hAug 16 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun10calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep9calm
Oct10calm
Nov10calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Nagykanizsa

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Nagykanizsa throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late April, Nagykanizsa is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nagykanizsa for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 28 · 6.9

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.7poor
Mar3.0poor
Apr5.3fair
May6.3good
Jun6.6good
Jul6.5good
Aug6.8good
Sep6.7good
Oct5.2fair
Nov2.1poor
Dec0.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nagykanizsa for hot-weather activities is from early June to early September, with a peak score in the second week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 7.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Nagykanizsa, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 4°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Nagykanizsa sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Nagykanizsa by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nagykanizsa peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 16UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Nagykanizsa

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar4.50
Apr6.52.5
May7.52.5
Jun84
Jul84.5
Aug7.53.5
Sep50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Nagykanizsa by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

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

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1315 µg/m³Dec 1310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Nagykanizsa typically lasts about 287 days, from around February 24 to December 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 31 to November 3.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2450%Mar 3190%Nov 390%Dec 750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3331
Feb4228
Mar7529
Apr970
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct962
Nov7930
Dec4331

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Nagykanizsa banks about 1,549 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr60
May199
Jun302
Jul367
Aug355
Sep207
Oct60
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Nagykanizsa receives about 3.6 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.0 and 6.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 18. The brightest month is July, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.0 kWh/m² — roughly 82% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 26.1 kWhDec 161.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.3Dim
Feb2.2Moderate
Mar3.4Moderate
Apr4.8Bright
May5.6Bright
Jun6.0Bright
Jul5.9Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep3.7Moderate
Oct2.5Moderate
Nov1.4Dim
Dec1.0Dim

Where is Nagykanizsa?

Nagykanizsa sits at 46.5°N, 17.0°E, 152 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Koprivnica, 35 km away.

KoprivnicaKeszthelyČakovecZalaegerszegVaraždinTapolcaBjelovarKaposvár

Topography around Nagykanizsa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nagykanizsa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 153 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 948 m.

The land around Nagykanizsa is covered by trees (30%), artificial surfaces (25%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
229 m
80 km
948 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Koprivnica 35 km · Keszthely 40 km · Čakovec 43 km · Zalaegerszeg 44 km · Varaždin 53 km · Tapolca 59 km · Bjelovar 63 km · Kaposvár 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 Nagykanizsa (46.4535°, 16.991°, elevation 152 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).