Climate averages 1991–2020
Szeged weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Szeged: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Subotica (41 km away). In May its highs average 22.3°C, about as warm as Szeged, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szeged ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 21.5°C; Szeged is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 61 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Subotica in MaySerbia · 41 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Kecskemét in MayHungary · 81 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Arad in MayRomania · 90 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in MaySerbia · 98 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Timişoara in MayRomania · 100 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Szolnok in MayHungary · 103 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Novi Sad in MaySerbia · 114 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Osijek in MayCroatia · 137 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 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.