Pecs weather in May

In May, Pecs sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 70 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°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 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Pecs's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pecs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 42 min
4:21 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Pecs is city in Hungary.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 13.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
~871 CE

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 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pecs reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°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 27°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 Pecs

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.

Pecs weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°397.73.38.90.0
Feb / -1°458.42.9100.6
Mar12° / 4791.511.63.0
Apr17° / 509.90.213.35.4
May22° / 11°7011.7014.76.4
Jun25° / 15°7411.1015.56.7
Jul28° / 16°609.6015.26.6
Aug27° / 16°608.50146.8
Sep22° / 12°648.8012.36.9
Oct17° / 557.9010.75.5
Nov10° / 538.81.39.22.2
Dec / -1°54938.50.0

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25248
35248
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65149
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95050
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114951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pecs gets around 70 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
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435
535
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1037
1138
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3139

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 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19550
29460
39370
49280
59190
69190
790100
889110
988120
1087130
1187130
1286140
1385150
1483161
1582171
1682171
1781181
1880191
1978202
2077212
2176222
2274233
2373243
2471254
2570264
2668275
2766286
2864297
2962308
3059329
31573310

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 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 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 4:07 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 7:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:426:47
214.14:406:48
314.24:396:49
414.24:376:51
514.34:366:52
614.34:346:53
714.44:336:54
814.44:316:56
914.54:306:57
1014.54:296:58
1114.54:277:00
1214.64:267:01
1314.64:257:02
1414.74:237:03
1514.74:227:05
1614.74:217:06
1714.84:207:07
1814.84:197:08
1914.94:177:09
2014.94:167:10
2114.94:157:12
2215.04:147:13
2315.04:137:14
2415.04:127:15
2515.14:127:16
2615.14:117:17
2715.14:107:18
2815.24:097:19
2915.24:087:20
3015.24:087:21
3115.34:077:22

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.7 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Pecs?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Pecs for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pecs in May

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

In May, Pecs sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Pecs 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 Pecs peaks around July 18 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 18UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Pecs 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 Pecs is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Pecs's WHO annual average of 13.6 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1116 µg/m³Dec 1410 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct12Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pecs?

Pecs sits at 46.1°N, 18.2°E, 155 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Komló, 13 km away.

DombóvárMohácsKaposvárSzekszárdBajaLiberpolisOsijek

Topography around Pecs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pecs has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 444 m around an average of 196 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 861 m.

The land around Pecs is covered by trees (48%) and artificial surfaces (39%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
444 m
16 km
534 m
80 km
861 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Komló 13 km · Dombóvár 34 km · Mohács 37 km · Kaposvár 46 km · Szekszárd 48 km · Baja 57 km · Liberpolis 61 km · Osijek 69 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 Pecs (46.0762°, 18.2281°, elevation 155 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).