Climate averages 1991–2020
Pécs weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Pécs: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osijek (69 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pécs, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Pécs ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest May highs and joint 9th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 21.5°C; Pécs is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 74 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
Pécs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 38 | 7.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 21.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 70 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 74 | 11.1 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 60 | 9.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 64 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 55 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 53 | 8.8 | 9.510 h |
| December | 4.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 54 | 9.0 | 8.79 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
- Osijek in MayCroatia · 69 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Subotica in MaySerbia · 111 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in MayHungary · 125 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Kecskemét in MayHungary · 145 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Szeged in MayHungary · 149 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Novi Sad in MaySerbia · 155 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Banja Luka in MayBosnia and Herzegovina · 165 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Budapest in MayHungary · 170 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 67 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 Pécs) is explained once on the Pécs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.