Pápa weather in May

In May, Pápa sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 77 mm of rain across 13 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pápa's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pápa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:20 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
60%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Pápa is town in Veszprém county in western Hungary.

Density
361/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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pápa 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 14°C and 26°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 Pápa

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.

Pápa 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 / -2°3983.88.70.0
Feb / -1°418.63.89.90.2
Mar10° / 488.91.611.62.4
Apr16° / 519.70.413.34.9
May21° / 11°7713014.86.0
Jun24° / 14°8111.5015.76.7
Jul26° / 16°7911.4015.36.6
Aug26° / 16°729.7014.16.9
Sep21° / 12°749.3012.46.6
Oct15° / 588.80.210.64.7
Nov / 579.429.11.6
Dec / -1°509.13.38.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pápa gets around 77 mm of rain over 13 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1142
1242
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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 (%)Muggy (%)
196400
295500
395500
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594600
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21831520
22811630
23801730
24771940
25762040
26732250
27722350
28692560
29672670
30642880
31612991

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 24 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 4:42 AM to 4:05 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:426:53
214.24:406:54
314.34:396:55
414.34:376:57
514.44:366:58
614.44:346:59
714.54:337:01
814.54:317:02
914.64:307:03
1014.64:287:05
1114.74:277:06
1214.74:257:07
1314.74:247:09
1414.84:237:10
1514.84:217:11
1614.94:207:13
1714.94:197:14
1815.04:187:15
1915.04:167:16
2015.04:157:18
2115.14:147:19
2215.14:137:20
2315.24:127:21
2415.24:117:22
2515.24:107:24
2615.34:097:25
2715.34:087:26
2815.34:087:27
2915.44:077:28
3015.44:067:29
3115.44:057:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.58 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 Pápa?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Pápa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pápa in May

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

In May, Pápa sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Pápa 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 Pápa peaks around July 15 at about 8 (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 highModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pápa?

Pápa sits at 47.3°N, 17.5°E, 154 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Ajka, 26 km away.

SárvárGyőrVeszprémTapolcaVárpalotaMosonmagyaróvárKeszthely

Topography around Pápa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pápa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 142 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 786 m.

The land around Pápa is covered by cropland (46%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
313 m
80 km
786 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Ajka 26 km · Sárvár 41 km · Győr 41 km · Veszprém 43 km · Tapolca 50 km · Várpalota 53 km · Mosonmagyaróvár 62 km · Keszthely 65 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 Pápa (47.33°, 17.4674°, elevation 154 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).