Miskolc climate

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Miskolc is warmest in July, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.2 °C. July is the wettest month (81 mm) and January the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Miskolc averages 620 mm of rain, 70 days above 25 °C and 98 days below freezing.

Hungary · population 154,521 · 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 -4.2 °C
Driest month January 30 mm
Wettest month July 81 mm
Least cloud August 45 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record December -24 °C

What to expectMiskolc through the year

Miskolc has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.1 °C in January to 27 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 70 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C, 98 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 81 mm against 30 mm in January — 2.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.1 °C	30 mm	69 %
February	4.7 °C	34 mm	65 %
March	10.2 °C	36 mm	59 %
April	16.6 °C	49 mm	55 %
May	21.4 °C	68 mm	57 %
June	25.0 °C	73 mm	55 %
July	26.9 °C	81 mm	51 %
August	26.8 °C	57 mm	45 %
September	21.3 °C	56 mm	54 %
October	15.2 °C	52 mm	58 %
November	8.6 °C	45 mm	69 %
December	2.8 °C	39 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	2.1 °C	-4.2 °C	-1.1 °C	13.2 °C	-23.4 °C	0	0	25
February	4.7 °C	-3.5 °C	0.5 °C	16.6 °C	-21.4 °C	0	0	22
March	10.2 °C	0.3 °C	5.2 °C	22.8 °C	-16.0 °C	0	0	14
April	16.6 °C	5.5 °C	11.3 °C	29.3 °C	-4.7 °C	1	0	2
May	21.4 °C	10.9 °C	16.5 °C	31.9 °C	1.8 °C	7	1	0
June	25.0 °C	14.9 °C	20.3 °C	35.1 °C	4.6 °C	15	3	0
July	26.9 °C	16.8 °C	22.1 °C	37.8 °C	8.0 °C	21	6	0
August	26.8 °C	16.6 °C	21.9 °C	36.5 °C	8.1 °C	20	7	0
September	21.3 °C	11.8 °C	16.6 °C	34.1 °C	2.9 °C	6	1	0
October	15.2 °C	6.6 °C	10.8 °C	26.4 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	2
November	8.6 °C	1.9 °C	5.1 °C	20.4 °C	-13.6 °C	0	0	10
December	2.8 °C	-2.9 °C	-0.1 °C	13.4 °C	-23.9 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	30 mm	7	8.8 h/day	69 %	82 %	13 km/h
February	34 mm	7	10 h/day	65 %	78 %	14 km/h
March	36 mm	8	12 h/day	59 %	70 %	16 km/h
April	49 mm	8	14 h/day	55 %	65 %	16 km/h
May	68 mm	11	15 h/day	57 %	65 %	16 km/h
June	73 mm	11	16 h/day	55 %	65 %	15 km/h
July	81 mm	11	16 h/day	51 %	64 %	14 km/h
August	57 mm	9	14 h/day	45 %	64 %	13 km/h
September	56 mm	8	13 h/day	54 %	69 %	14 km/h
October	52 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	77 %	13 km/h
November	45 mm	8	9.3 h/day	69 %	84 %	13 km/h
December	39 mm	8	8.4 h/day	72 %	84 %	13 km/h

How Miskolc 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
Miskolc	27 °C	-4.2 °C	620 mm	70
Košice · Slovakia	25 °C	-5.2 °C	777 mm	50
Debrecen · Hungary	27 °C	-3.2 °C	636 mm	76
Oradea · Romania	27 °C	-2.9 °C	734 mm	72
Budapest · Hungary	27 °C	-3.1 °C	633 mm	69

Where Miskolc ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Europe in January	49thof 50	30 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Miskolc’s climate

When is the best time to visit Miskolc?

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 Miskolc 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 -4.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 98 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Miskolc?

July, averaging 81 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is January with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 620 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 Miskolc 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
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.