Debrecen weather by month & the best time to visit
🇭🇺 Hungary · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Debrecen is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with September and May close behind. Debrecen averages about 2,003 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 51 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,003
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 609 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈59 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 231k
- Elevation
- 108 m
When is the best time to visit Debrecen?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Debrecen is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 35 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Debrecen?
Debrecen gets a moderate 2,003 hours of sunshine a year. 81 Sunshine Score points separate August (81) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 5 destinations in Hungary for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 2,003 hours. The year's 609 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -5° / 23°F | 35 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -4° / 25°F | 36 mm | 1 |
| March | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 40 mm | 2 |
| April | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 41 mm | 4 |
| May | 78 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 65 mm | 5 |
| June | 77 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 75 mm | 6 |
| July | 76 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 79 mm | 6 |
| August | 81 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 51 mm | 5 |
| September | 81 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 52 mm | 4 |
| October | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| November | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 44 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -3° / 27°F | 43 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Košice Slovakia · 133 km · best in Sep · 1,792 h sun/yr
- Cluj-Napoca Romania · 175 km · best in Sep · 1,991 h sun/yr
- Budapest Hungary · 177 km · best in Sep · 1,974 h sun/yr
- Timişoara Romania · 188 km · best in Sep · 2,114 h sun/yr
- Târgu Mureş Romania · 241 km · best in Sep · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Sibiu Romania · 267 km · best in Sep · 2,005 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Oradea Romania · 56 km · 2,000 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Satu Mare Romania · 98 km · 1,992 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Uzhhorod Ukraine · 136 km · 1,751 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Baia Mare Romania · 140 km · 1,992 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Arad Romania · 148 km · 2,065 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Debrecen compares month by month: Debrecen vs Budapest · Debrecen vs Cluj-Napoca · Debrecen vs Timişoara · Debrecen vs Košice · all comparisons
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