Climate averages 1991–2020
Budapest weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Budapest: daytime highs average 3.2°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Székesfehérvár (59 km away). In January its highs average 3.3°C, about as warm as Budapest, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Budapest ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 11 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 11 cities is 3.2°C; Budapest is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 5.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 3.2°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 36 | 8.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Székesfehérvár in JanuaryHungary · 59 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Kecskemét in JanuaryHungary · 82 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Szolnok in JanuaryHungary · 94 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Győr in JanuaryHungary · 107 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Nitra in JanuarySlovakia · 115 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -3.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Banská Bystrica in JanuarySlovakia · 138 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -5.0°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Miskolc in JanuaryHungary · 146 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Bratislava in JanuarySlovakia · 161 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 35 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.