Sárvár weather in May

In May, Sárvár sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 68 mm of rain across 11.8 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°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 Sárvár's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sárvár's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:22 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
60%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Sárvár is town in Hungary.

Density
237/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 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sárvár 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 15°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 Sárvár

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.

Sárvár weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°347.23.48.70.0
Feb / -1°3683.19.90.4
Mar11° / 458.91.511.62.7
Apr16° / 458.60.413.35.2
May21° / 11°6811.8014.86.2
Jun25° / 15°7411015.66.7
Jul27° / 17°7211.7015.36.4
Aug26° / 16°709.60146.8
Sep21° / 12°749.3012.46.6
Oct15° / 568.60.210.64.8
Nov / 579.11.69.11.7
Dec / -1°458.72.98.30.0

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
25149
35050
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55050
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sárvár gets around 68 mm of rain over 11.8 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 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)
19640
29550
39550
49550
59460
69460
79370
89370
99370
109370
119370
129370
139370
149280
159280
169190
1789101
1888111
1987121
2085141
2184151
2281172
2380182
2477203
2576213
2673234
2770255
2868275
2966286
3063307
3161318

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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 4:44 AM to 4:08 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:446:54
214.24:436:56
314.34:416:57
414.34:406:59
514.44:387:00
614.44:367:01
714.54:357:03
814.54:337:04
914.64:327:05
1014.64:317:07
1114.64:297:08
1214.74:287:09
1314.74:267:11
1414.84:257:12
1514.84:247:13
1614.94:227:15
1714.94:217:16
1815.04:207:17
1915.04:197:18
2015.04:187:20
2115.14:177:21
2215.14:167:22
2315.14:157:23
2415.24:147:24
2515.24:137:25
2615.24:127:26
2715.34:117:28
2815.34:107:29
2915.34:097:30
3015.44:087:31
3115.44:087:32

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.54 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 Sárvár?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sárvár for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sárvár in May

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

In May, Sárvár sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Sárvár 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 Sárvár peaks around July 14 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sárvár?

Sárvár sits at 47.3°N, 16.9°E, 158 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Szombathely, 24 km away.

PápaZalaegerszegAjkaEisenzickenSopronTapolcaKeszthely

Topography around Sárvár

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sárvár has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 158 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,566 m.

The land around Sárvár is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
1,566 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Szombathely 24 km · Pápa 41 km · Zalaegerszeg 47 km · Ajka 50 km · Eisenzicken 51 km · Sopron 54 km · Tapolca 56 km · Keszthely 59 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 Sárvár (47.254°, 16.9352°, elevation 158 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).