Hungary · 47.50°N 19.04°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Budapest is May to September, when mean temperatures run from 17 °C63 °F to 21 °C70 °F.
Budapest is dry all year: no month averages more than 56 mm2.2 in (May), and February sees 24 mm0.9 in. July is the hottest month at 21 °C70 °F and January the coldest at 0 °C32 °F; the mean stays below freezing in January.
Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 47.50, 19.04 — a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: May to September.
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Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Budapest's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | Mean | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 321.3 | 031 | dry | too cold |
| February | 240.9 | 235 | dry | too cold |
| March | 321.3 | 744 | dry | too cold |
| April | 401.6 | 1253 | dry | too cold |
| May | 562.2 | 1762 | dry | good |
| June | 562.2 | 2067 | dry | good |
| July | 481.9 | 2170 | dry | good |
| August | 481.9 | 2170 | dry | good |
| September | 401.6 | 1762 | dry | good |
| October | 401.6 | 1152 | dry | too cold |
| November | 481.9 | 541 | dry | too cold |
| December | 401.6 | 134 | dry | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers | May to September |
| Tropical | mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon | |
| Beach | mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | mean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoon | February to April and October to December |
| Snow | mean below 0 °C32 °F, any rain | January |
No. Budapest is dry all year: no month averages more than 56 mm2.2 in (May), and February sees 24 mm0.9 in.
July is the hottest month at 21 °C70 °F and January the coldest at 0 °C32 °F; the mean stays below freezing in January. Annual rainfall totals about 504 mm20 in.
The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Budapest doesn't:
The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.