Debrecen climate

Name: Debrecen
Address: HU

Debrecen is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.2 °C. July is the wettest month (76 mm) and January the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Debrecen averages 636 mm of rain, 76 days above 25 °C and 86 days below freezing.

Hungary · population 202,402 · 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 August 27 °C
Coldest month January -3.2 °C
Driest month January 35 mm
Wettest month July 76 mm
Least cloud August 41 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record February -22 °C

What to expectDebrecen through the year

Debrecen has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.6 °C in January to 27 °C in August, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 76 days a year reach 25 °C, 21 of them reach 30 °C, 86 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 76 mm against 35 mm in January — 2.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.6 °C	35 mm	70 %
February	5.2 °C	40 mm	66 %
March	10.5 °C	40 mm	59 %
April	16.9 °C	51 mm	56 %
May	21.8 °C	66 mm	56 %
June	25.3 °C	73 mm	53 %
July	27.2 °C	76 mm	48 %
August	27.4 °C	55 mm	41 %
September	21.9 °C	57 mm	52 %
October	16.0 °C	52 mm	55 %
November	9.4 °C	47 mm	67 %
December	3.4 °C	46 mm	72 %

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	2.6 °C	-3.2 °C	-0.4 °C	13.6 °C	-19.4 °C	0	0	23
February	5.2 °C	-2.5 °C	1.2 °C	17.7 °C	-22.1 °C	0	0	20
March	10.5 °C	1.2 °C	5.8 °C	22.9 °C	-14.4 °C	0	0	12
April	16.9 °C	6.3 °C	11.8 °C	29.2 °C	-4.1 °C	1	0	1
May	21.8 °C	11.5 °C	16.9 °C	31.5 °C	3.1 °C	7	1	0
June	25.3 °C	15.5 °C	20.6 °C	34.8 °C	6.1 °C	16	4	0
July	27.2 °C	17.3 °C	22.5 °C	38.0 °C	10.2 °C	22	8	0
August	27.4 °C	17.2 °C	22.4 °C	37.1 °C	9.4 °C	22	8	0
September	21.9 °C	12.6 °C	17.2 °C	34.8 °C	4.4 °C	7	1	0
October	16.0 °C	7.5 °C	11.6 °C	27.3 °C	-4.5 °C	1	0	1
November	9.4 °C	2.7 °C	5.9 °C	22.7 °C	-13.3 °C	0	0	8
December	3.4 °C	-1.8 °C	0.8 °C	16.4 °C	-20.1 °C	0	0	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	35 mm	8	8.9 h/day	70 %	82 %	14 km/h
February	40 mm	8	10 h/day	66 %	78 %	15 km/h
March	40 mm	8	12 h/day	59 %	70 %	17 km/h
April	51 mm	9	14 h/day	56 %	65 %	15 km/h
May	66 mm	11	15 h/day	56 %	65 %	15 km/h
June	73 mm	11	16 h/day	53 %	65 %	14 km/h
July	76 mm	11	16 h/day	48 %	63 %	14 km/h
August	55 mm	8	14 h/day	41 %	62 %	13 km/h
September	57 mm	8	13 h/day	52 %	67 %	14 km/h
October	52 mm	8	11 h/day	55 %	75 %	14 km/h
November	47 mm	8	9.3 h/day	67 %	82 %	14 km/h
December	46 mm	9	8.5 h/day	72 %	83 %	14 km/h

How Debrecen compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Debrecen	27 °C	-3.2 °C	636 mm	76
Oradea · Romania	27 °C	-2.9 °C	734 mm	72
Miskolc · Hungary	27 °C	-4.2 °C	620 mm	70
Košice · Slovakia	25 °C	-5.2 °C	777 mm	50
Cluj-Napoca · Romania	25 °C	-5.7 °C	773 mm	47
Szeged · Hungary	28 °C	-2.4 °C	569 mm	86

Where Debrecen ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	36th of 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Debrecen.

QuestionsCommon questions about Debrecen’s climate

When is the best time to visit Debrecen?

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, August is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Debrecen get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 21 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 -3.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 86 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Debrecen?

July, averaging 76 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 636 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 Debrecen 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: 47.532°, 21.624° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.