Székesfehérvár weather in May

In May, Székesfehérvár sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 63 mm of rain across 11 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 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Székesfehérvár's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Székesfehérvár's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:17 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
58%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Székesfehérvár is city in Hungary.

Density
595/km²
people per km²
Founded
~972 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 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Székesfehérvár reaches about 21°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 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 Székesfehérvár

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.

Székesfehérvár 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 / -3°377.73.58.70.0
Feb / -2°368.13.5100.3
Mar11° / 418.21.411.62.6
Apr17° / 448.40.313.35.4
May21° / 11°6311014.86.4
Jun25° / 14°6610015.66.9
Jul27° / 16°669.8015.36.7
Aug27° / 16°568.40147.0
Sep22° / 11°587.8012.46.9
Oct16° / 5380.110.65.1
Nov / 539.21.59.11.7
Dec / -2°478.938.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 49%.

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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Székesfehérvár gets around 63 mm of rain over 11 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 35% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

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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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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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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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 4:39 AM to 4:02 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.64 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 Székesfehérvár?

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
4.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Székesfehérvár for sightseeing.

What to pack for Székesfehérvár in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Székesfehérvár in May

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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 Székesfehérvár 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

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

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1616 µg/m³Dec 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Székesfehérvár?

Székesfehérvár sits at 47.2°N, 18.4°E, 117 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Várpalota, 20 km away.

OroszlányVeszprémSiófokSzázhalombattaÉrdTatabányaDunaújváros

Topography around Székesfehérvár

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Székesfehérvár has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 114 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 669 m.

The land around Székesfehérvár is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
264 m
80 km
669 m
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May weather nearby: Várpalota 20 km · Oroszlány 34 km · Veszprém 39 km · Siófok 42 km · Százhalombatta 43 km · Érd 44 km · Tatabánya 45 km · Dunaújváros 47 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 Székesfehérvár (47.19°, 18.4103°, elevation 117 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).