Budapest climate
Budapest is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.1 °C. July is the wettest month (72 mm) and January the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Budapest averages 633 mm of rain, 69 days above 25 °C and 85 days below freezing.
Hungary · population 1,741,041 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 27 °C
- Coldest month January -3.1 °C
- Driest month January 36 mm
- Wettest month July 72 mm
- Least cloud August 43 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 38 °C
- Coldest on record December -21 °C
What to expectBudapest through the year
Budapest has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.1 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 69 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C, 85 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.
Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 36 mm in January to 72 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1 °C | 36 mm | 69 % |
| February | 5.5 °C | 36 mm | 65 % |
| March | 10.6 °C | 41 mm | 60 % |
| April | 16.6 °C | 46 mm | 54 % |
| May | 21.2 °C | 67 mm | 55 % |
| June | 24.8 °C | 72 mm | 53 % |
| July | 26.9 °C | 72 mm | 47 % |
| August | 26.8 °C | 58 mm | 43 % |
| September | 21.4 °C | 57 mm | 53 % |
| October | 15.6 °C | 52 mm | 58 % |
| November | 9.2 °C | 52 mm | 69 % |
| December | 3.6 °C | 44 mm | 71 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1 °C | -3.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 14.8 °C | -18.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| February | 5.5 °C | -2.5 °C | 1.4 °C | 18.1 °C | -21.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| March | 10.6 °C | 1.2 °C | 5.9 °C | 21.5 °C | -14.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| April | 16.6 °C | 6.1 °C | 11.6 °C | 29.2 °C | -3.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| May | 21.2 °C | 11.2 °C | 16.5 °C | 30.9 °C | 2.7 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 24.8 °C | 15.1 °C | 20.3 °C | 34.9 °C | 6.5 °C | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| July | 26.9 °C | 17.1 °C | 22.3 °C | 38.4 °C | 9.5 °C | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| August | 26.8 °C | 16.9 °C | 22.1 °C | 36.4 °C | 9.3 °C | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| September | 21.4 °C | 12.4 °C | 16.9 °C | 33.3 °C | 3.6 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 15.6 °C | 7.5 °C | 11.4 °C | 26.5 °C | -4.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| November | 9.2 °C | 2.9 °C | 5.9 °C | 20.3 °C | -13.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| December | 3.6 °C | -1.9 °C | 0.8 °C | 16.3 °C | -21.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36 mm | 8 | 8.9 h/day | 69 % | 83 % | 15 km/h |
| February | 36 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 65 % | 79 % | 16 km/h |
| March | 41 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 60 % | 71 % | 17 km/h |
| April | 46 mm | 9 | 14 h/day | 54 % | 66 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 67 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 55 % | 67 % | 16 km/h |
| June | 72 mm | 11 | 16 h/day | 53 % | 67 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 72 mm | 10 | 16 h/day | 47 % | 64 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 58 mm | 8 | 14 h/day | 43 % | 64 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 57 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 53 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 52 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 58 % | 77 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 52 mm | 9 | 9.3 h/day | 69 % | 83 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 44 mm | 8 | 8.5 h/day | 71 % | 85 % | 14 km/h |
Where Budapest ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Europe in September | 47th of 50 | 93/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Budapest.
QuestionsCommon questions about Budapest’s climate
When is the best time to visit Budapest?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Budapest get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 18 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -3.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 85 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Budapest?
July, averaging 72 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is January with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 633 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Budapest rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 47.498°, 19.040° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.