Climate averages 1991–2020
Szolnok weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Szolnok: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kecskemét (49 km away). In May its highs average 21.9°C, about as warm as Szolnok, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szolnok ranks 2nd of 11 for the warmest May highs and joint 3rd of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 21.5°C; Szolnok is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 71 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
Szolnok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 34 | 7.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.8°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 37 | 7.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 36 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 46 | 9.1 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 63 | 11.8 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 71 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 71 | 10.2 | 15.516 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 54 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 55 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 52 | 8.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.8°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 47 | 8.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 44 | 8.5 | 8.69 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
- Kecskemét in MayHungary · 49 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Budapest in MayHungary · 94 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Szeged in MayHungary · 103 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Miskolc in MayHungary · 111 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Debrecen in MayHungary · 114 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Subotica in MaySerbia · 127 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Oradea in MayRomania · 131 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in MayHungary · 135 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 63 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 Szolnok) is explained once on the Szolnok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.