Veszprém weather in May

In May, Veszprém sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 66 mm of rain across 11.4 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 22°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 Veszprém's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Veszprém's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:19 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
58%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Veszprém is city with county rights in Central Transdanubia, Hungary.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 14.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
448/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 Veszprém 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 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 Veszprém

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.

Veszprém 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°387.43.38.70.0
Feb / -2°3983.6100.2
Mar10° / 448.81.611.62.4
Apr16° / 4590.313.35.1
May21° / 11°6611.4014.86.2
Jun24° / 15°6910.7015.66.8
Jul26° / 16°7110.3015.36.7
Aug26° / 16°608.90147.0
Sep21° / 12°648.7012.46.7
Oct15° / 558.10.110.64.9
Nov / 558.91.69.11.6
Dec / -1°5193.28.40.0

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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25446
35347
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65248
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Veszprém gets around 66 mm of rain over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1138
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1438
1538
1639
1738
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2237
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3138

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 (%)Muggy (%)
194600
293700
393700
492800
591900
691900
7901000
8901000
9891100
10891100
11881200
12881200
13861310
14861310
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18821620
19801730
20781840
21771940
22752050
23732160
24722260
25702370
26682480
27662590
286426100
296127120
305828131
315629141

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
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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 4:41 AM to 4:04 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 7:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:416:50
214.24:396:52
314.34:386:53
414.34:366:54
514.44:356:56
614.44:336:57
714.44:316:58
814.54:307:00
914.54:287:01
1014.64:277:02
1114.64:267:04
1214.74:247:05
1314.74:237:06
1414.84:227:08
1514.84:207:09
1614.94:197:10
1714.94:187:11
1814.94:177:13
1915.04:157:14
2015.04:147:15
2115.14:137:16
2215.14:127:17
2315.14:117:19
2415.24:107:20
2515.24:097:21
2615.24:087:22
2715.34:077:23
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2915.34:067:25
3015.44:057:26
3115.44:047:27

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.58 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 Veszprém?

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
3.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Veszprém for sightseeing.

What to pack for Veszprém in May

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

In May, Veszprém 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 Veszprém 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 Veszprém 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
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Veszprém 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 Veszprém is worst in June — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Veszprém's WHO annual average of 14.4 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1617 µg/m³Dec 1511 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Veszprém?

Veszprém sits at 47.1°N, 17.9°E, 265 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Várpalota, 21 km away.

SzékesfehérvárPápaTapolcaOroszlányKeszthely

Topography around Veszprém

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Veszprém has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 268 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 538 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 600 m.

The land around Veszprém is covered by cropland (33%), artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
137 m
16 km
538 m
80 km
600 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Várpalota 21 km · Siófok 24 km · Ajka 27 km · Székesfehérvár 39 km · Pápa 43 km · Tapolca 43 km · Oroszlány 53 km · Keszthely 62 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 Veszprém (47.0933°, 17.9115°, elevation 265 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).