Nyíregyháza weather in May

In May, Nyíregyháza sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 70 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°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 Nyíregyháza's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyíregyháza's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
4th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:01 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
60%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Nyíregyháza is city in Hungary.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 31.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1209

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 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nyíregyháza 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 29°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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How May really feels in Nyíregyháza

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.

Nyíregyháza weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-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°337.94.18.60.0
Feb / -2°398.149.90.3
Mar11° / 388.51.511.62.8
Apr18° / 488.90.213.45.7
May23° / 12°7011.2014.96.6
Jun27° / 15°7311.5015.76.3
Jul29° / 17°7911.4015.45.7
Aug28° / 17°558.7014.16.1
Sep23° / 12°578.4012.47.0
Oct17° / 528.30.110.65.4
Nov / 478.71.392.0
Dec / -2°469.13.38.20.0

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 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35248
45149
55149
65149
75050
85050
94951
104951
114852
124753
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nyíregyháza gets around 70 mm of rain over 11.2 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.

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Rain chance (%)
128
229
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430
530
631
732
833
933
1034
1135
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1336
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1537
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1738
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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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
29550
39550
49460
59460
69370
79370
89280
99280
109190
119190
1290100
1389110
1487121
1587121
1686131
1785141
1884151
1983161
2081172
2181172
2280182
2379192
2478202
2577203
2676213
2774224
2873234
2972235
3070246
3169256

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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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 4:24 AM to 3:46 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 7:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:246:37
214.34:226:38
314.34:206:40
414.44:196:41
514.44:176:43
614.54:156:44
714.54:146:45
814.64:126:47
914.64:116:48
1014.74:096:50
1114.74:086:51
1214.84:066:52
1314.84:056:54
1414.94:046:55
1514.94:026:56
1614.94:016:58
1715.04:006:59
1815.03:597:00
1915.13:577:02
2015.13:567:03
2115.13:557:04
2215.23:547:05
2315.23:537:06
2415.33:527:08
2515.33:517:09
2615.33:507:10
2715.43:497:11
2815.43:487:12
2915.43:477:13
3015.53:477:14
3115.53:467:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.57 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Nyíregyháza?

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
5.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nyíregyháza for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nyíregyháza in May

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

In May, Nyíregyháza 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 Nyíregyháza in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nyíregyháza 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 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 highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nyíregyháza?

Nyíregyháza sits at 48.0°N, 21.7°E, 111 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Hajdúnánás, 24 km away.

HajdúböszörményKisvárdaMátészalkaBalmazújvárosTiszaújvárosDebrecenSátoraljaújhely

Topography around Nyíregyháza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyíregyháza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 855 m.

The land around Nyíregyháza is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (54%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
57 m
80 km
855 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Hajdúnánás 24 km · Hajdúböszörmény 35 km · Kisvárda 40 km · Mátészalka 45 km · Balmazújváros 47 km · Tiszaújváros 47 km · Debrecen 48 km · Sátoraljaújhely 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 Nyíregyháza (47.9554°, 21.7167°, elevation 111 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).