Climate averages 1991–2020
Szeged weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Szeged: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Subotica (41 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Szeged, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szeged ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 27.1°C; Szeged is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Szeged climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 34 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 39 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 40 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 44 | 8.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 57 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 61 | 10.2 | 15.716 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 54 | 8.8 | 15.415 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 47 | 7.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 53 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 47 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 44 | 7.4 | 9.59 h |
| December | 4.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 48 | 8.9 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Subotica in AugustSerbia · 41 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Kecskemét in AugustHungary · 81 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Arad in AugustRomania · 90 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in AugustSerbia · 98 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Timişoara in AugustRomania · 100 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Szolnok in AugustHungary · 103 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Novi Sad in AugustSerbia · 114 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Osijek in AugustCroatia · 137 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 56 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 Szeged) is explained once on the Szeged year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.