Zalaegerszeg weather in May

In May, Zalaegerszeg sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 77 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 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zalaegerszeg's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zalaegerszeg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:24 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
60%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Zalaegerszeg is city and administrative center of Zala county in western Hungary.

Density
604/km²
people per km²
Founded
1247

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 Zalaegerszeg 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 Zalaegerszeg

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.

Zalaegerszeg 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°3673.38.80.0
Feb / -1°427.33.2100.6
Mar11° / 478.81.511.62.9
Apr17° / 519.50.413.35.2
May21° / 11°7712.3014.86.2
Jun25° / 15°8711.9015.66.6
Jul27° / 17°8311.6015.36.4
Aug26° / 16°8210.50146.7
Sep21° / 12°849.4012.46.6
Oct16° / 638.70.110.65.0
Nov / 638.81.49.21.9
Dec / -1°528.63.38.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zalaegerszeg gets around 77 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 40% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
236
337
438
538
639
740
840
940
1041
1141
1241
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1441
1541
1641
1741
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2140
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3141

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 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
29640
39550
49550
59460
69370
79370
89280
99280
109280
119190
129190
1390100
1490100
1588111
1687121
1786131
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2082162
2180173
2279183
2377194
2476204
2573225
2671236
2769256
2867267
2964288
3061309
31593110

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 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 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 4:10 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.14:466:54
214.24:446:55
314.24:436:57
414.34:416:58
514.34:396:59
614.44:387:01
714.44:367:02
814.54:357:03
914.54:337:05
1014.64:327:06
1114.64:317:07
1214.74:297:09
1314.74:287:10
1414.74:277:11
1514.84:257:12
1614.84:247:14
1714.94:237:15
1814.94:227:16
1914.94:217:17
2015.04:197:18
2115.04:187:20
2215.14:177:21
2315.14:167:22
2415.14:157:23
2515.24:147:24
2615.24:147:25
2715.24:137:26
2815.34:127:27
2915.34:117:28
3015.34:107:29
3115.34:107:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.59 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 Zalaegerszeg?

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
3.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Zalaegerszeg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zalaegerszeg in May

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

In May, Zalaegerszeg 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 Zalaegerszeg 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 Zalaegerszeg 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 highModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Zalaegerszeg 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 Zalaegerszeg is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateApr 917 µg/m³Sep 2012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Zalaegerszeg?

Zalaegerszeg sits at 46.8°N, 16.8°E, 167 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Keszthely, 31 km away.

KeszthelyNagykanizsaTapolcaSárvárSzombathelyČakovecAjkaEisenzicken

Topography around Zalaegerszeg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zalaegerszeg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 176 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 775 m.

The land around Zalaegerszeg is covered by trees (45%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
148 m
16 km
200 m
80 km
775 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Keszthely 31 km · Nagykanizsa 44 km · Tapolca 46 km · Sárvár 47 km · Szombathely 47 km · Čakovec 59 km · Ajka 62 km · Eisenzicken 66 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 Zalaegerszeg (46.837°, 16.844°, elevation 167 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).