Climate averages 1991–2020
Debrecen weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Debrecen: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyíregyháza (48 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, about as warm as Debrecen, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Debrecen ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 21.5°C; Debrecen is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Debrecen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 34 | 8.1 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.2°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 40 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 51 | 9.5 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 73 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 77 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 58 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 47 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Nyíregyháza in MayHungary · 48 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Oradea in MayRomania · 58 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Miskolc in MayHungary · 90 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Satu Mare in MayRomania · 97 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Szolnok in MayHungary · 114 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Mukachevo in MayUkraine · 130 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in MayUkraine · 131 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Košice in MaySlovakia · 134 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.8°C · 102 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 Debrecen) is explained once on the Debrecen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.