Climate averages 1991–2020
Szombathely weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Szombathely: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Graz (91 km away). In May its highs average 19.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Szombathely, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szombathely ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 21.5°C; Szombathely is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 81 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
Szombathely climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 30 | 7.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.9°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 33 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.5°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 45 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 20.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 23.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 12.0 | 15.916 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 79 | 12.1 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 76 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 59 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 9.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 41 | 8.1 | 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
- Graz in MayAustria · 91 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 85 mm rain
- Győr in MayHungary · 91 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Maribor in MaySlovenia · 105 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Bratislava in MaySlovakia · 108 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Vienna in MayAustria · 110 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in MayHungary · 135 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Nitra in MaySlovakia · 162 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Zagreb in MayCroatia · 165 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 87 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 Szombathely) is explained once on the Szombathely year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.