Sopron weather in May

In May, Sopron sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 80 mm of rain across 13.2 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Sopron's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sopron's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:22 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
62%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Sopron is city in Hungary.

Air quality
Good
PM10 19.6 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
368/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 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sopron reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°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 Sopron

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.

Sopron weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°327.74.38.70.0
Feb / -1°327.73.69.90.2
Mar10° / 479.82.411.62.2
Apr15° / 489.50.813.34.6
May20° / 10°8013.2014.95.8
Jun23° / 14°8212.4015.76.5
Jul25° / 16°8812.6015.46.5
Aug25° / 15°8410.7014.16.8
Sep20° / 11°789.7012.46.3
Oct14° / 559.30.310.64.3
Nov / 508.91.89.11.4
Dec / -1°408.33.58.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34654
44654
54654
64456
74456
84456
94456
104456
114456
124456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sopron gets around 80 mm of rain over 13.2 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 42% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
340
441
541
642
743
844
944
1044
1145
1245
1345
1445
1544
1644
1744
1843
1943
2042
2142
2241
2341
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2642
2742
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3043
3143

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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29730
39640
49640
59550
69550
79460
89460
99460
109370
119370
129370
139370
149280
159280
169190
1789101
1889101
1988111
2086122
2184142
2283152
2381163
2479183
2578193
2675214
2772235
2871245
2968266
3065287
3164297

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
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 4:45 AM to 4:07 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:35 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:456:57
214.34:436:58
314.34:417:00
414.44:407:01
514.44:387:02
614.54:377:04
714.54:357:05
814.64:347:07
914.64:327:08
1014.64:317:09
1114.74:297:11
1214.74:287:12
1314.84:267:13
1414.84:257:15
1514.94:247:16
1614.94:227:17
1715.04:217:19
1815.04:207:20
1915.04:197:21
2015.14:187:22
2115.14:177:24
2215.24:157:25
2315.24:147:26
2415.24:137:27
2515.34:127:28
2615.34:117:29
2715.34:117:31
2815.44:107:32
2915.44:097:33
3015.44:087:34
3115.54:077:35

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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55.3Bright
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285.6Bright
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Sopron?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Sopron for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sopron in May

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

In May, Sopron sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Sopron 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 Sopron 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 highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Sopron 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 Sopron is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateJun 1316 µg/m³Nov 1012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov12Good
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sopron?

Sopron sits at 47.7°N, 16.6°E, 217 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Eisenstadt, 19 km away.

Wiener NeustadtBadenMödlingSzombathelyEisenzickenPerchtoldsdorfSárvár

Topography around Sopron

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sopron has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m around an average of 230 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,959 m.

The land around Sopron is covered by trees (39%), artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (32%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
255 m
16 km
495 m
80 km
1,959 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Eisenstadt 19 km · Wiener Neustadt 30 km · Baden 45 km · Mödling 50 km · Szombathely 51 km · Eisenzicken 52 km · Perchtoldsdorf 54 km · Sárvár 54 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 Sopron (47.685°, 16.5905°, elevation 217 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).