Climate averages 1991–2020
Budapest weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Budapest: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about -2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Székesfehérvár (59 km away). In February its highs average 5.6°C, about as warm as Budapest, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Budapest ranks joint 7th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 5.7°C; Budapest is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Budapest climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 36 | 8.0 | 8.99 h |
| February, selected | 5.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 40 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 71 | 10.9 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 69 | 10.2 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 58 | 8.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 58 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 51 | 8.7 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.7°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 8.59 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Székesfehérvár in FebruaryHungary · 59 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Kecskemét in FebruaryHungary · 82 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Szolnok in FebruaryHungary · 94 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Győr in FebruaryHungary · 107 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Nitra in FebruarySlovakia · 115 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -2.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Banská Bystrica in FebruarySlovakia · 138 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Miskolc in FebruaryHungary · 146 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -3.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Bratislava in FebruarySlovakia · 161 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 33 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Budapest) is explained once on the Budapest year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.