Szombathely weather in May

In May, Szombathely sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 74 mm of rain across 12.3 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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 Szombathely's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Szombathely's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:24 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Szombathely is city and administrative centre of Vas county in western in Hungary.

Founded
~43 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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Szombathely reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°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 Szombathely

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.

Szombathely 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 / -3°3073.78.70.0
Feb / -2°327.43.4100.3
Mar10° / 459.12.111.62.5
Apr16° / 478.80.613.35.0
May20° / 10°7412.3014.86.0
Jun24° / 14°8112015.66.5
Jul26° / 16°7912.2015.36.5
Aug26° / 15°7810.40146.8
Sep21° / 11°769.4012.46.4
Oct15° / 5990.210.64.5
Nov / 5691.59.11.5
Dec / -2°418.13.38.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Szombathely gets around 74 mm of rain over 12.3 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 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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1040
1140
1240
1340
1440
1541
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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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
29640
39640
49550
59550
69550
79460
89460
99460
109460
119460
129370
139370
149370
159280
169190
179190
1890100
1987121
2086131
2185141
2283161
2381172
2480182
2578202
2675223
2773234
2871254
2968275
3066286
3164297

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 4:46 AM to 4:09 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:466:56
214.24:446:57
314.34:426:58
414.34:417:00
514.44:397:01
614.44:387:03
714.54:367:04
814.54:357:05
914.64:337:07
1014.64:327:08
1114.64:307:09
1214.74:297:11
1314.74:287:12
1414.84:267:13
1514.84:257:14
1614.94:247:16
1714.94:237:17
1814.94:217:18
1915.04:207:19
2015.04:197:21
2115.14:187:22
2215.14:177:23
2315.14:167:24
2415.24:157:25
2515.24:147:27
2615.24:137:28
2715.34:127:29
2815.34:117:30
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3015.44:107:32
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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 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.46 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 Szombathely?

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
3.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Szombathely for sightseeing.

What to pack for Szombathely in May

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

In May, Szombathely sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Szombathely 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 Szombathely 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Szombathely 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 Szombathely is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodApr 1415 µg/m³Nov 2311 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Szombathely?

Szombathely sits at 47.2°N, 16.6°E, 230 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Sárvár, 24 km away.

ZalaegerszegSopronPápaEisenstadtKeszthelyWiener Neustadt

Topography around Szombathely

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Szombathely has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 215 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 414 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,679 m.

The land around Szombathely is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
414 m
80 km
1,679 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May weather nearby: Sárvár 24 km · Eisenzicken 28 km · Zalaegerszeg 47 km · Sopron 51 km · Pápa 65 km · Eisenstadt 69 km · Keszthely 70 km · Wiener Neustadt 70 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 Szombathely (47.2309°, 16.6215°, elevation 230 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).