Košice weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Košice is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with August and May close behind. Košice averages about 1,792 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 55 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,792
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 79/100
- Rain / year
- 666 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 237k
- Elevation
- 227 m
When is the best time to visit Košice?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Košice is September, then August and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 38 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Košice?
Košice isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,792 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate September (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 4 destinations in Slovakia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,776 hours. The year's 666 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 | 0° / 32°F | -7° / 19°F | 38 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -5° / 23°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| March | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -2° / 28°F | 38 mm | 2 |
| April | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 43 mm | 3 |
| May | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 76 mm | 5 |
| June | 74 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 83 mm | 5 |
| July | 73 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 88 mm | 5 |
| August | 77 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 63 mm | 5 |
| September | 79 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 55 mm | 3 |
| October | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 4° / 39°F | 55 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 45 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 44 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Debrecen Hungary · 133 km · best in Aug · 2,003 h sun/yr
- Rzeszów Poland · 171 km · best in Aug · 1,697 h sun/yr
- Kraków Poland · 189 km · best in Aug · 1,604 h sun/yr
- Budapest Hungary · 201 km · best in Sep · 1,974 h sun/yr
- Lviv Ukraine · 235 km · best in Aug · 1,652 h sun/yr
- Katowice Poland · 255 km · best in Sep · 1,606 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Uzhhorod Ukraine · 75 km · 1,751 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Poprad Slovakia · 86 km · 1,615 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Sliač Slovakia · 155 km · 1,759 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Satu Mare Romania · 162 km · 1,992 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Košice compares month by month: Košice vs Budapest · Košice vs Kraków · Košice vs Lviv · Košice vs Rzeszów · all comparisons
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