Kecel climate — normals and trends
Kecel (Hungary) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 578 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kecel averages 75 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Kecel has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 85 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 9 August 1945) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 24 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KecelBács-Kiskun
- coords
- 46.53°, 19.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
15.8°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
578mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
35.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.14 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.6 °C
9 August 1945
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
56 mm
10 September 2010
Windiest day
44.9 km/h
3 February 1985
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
15 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
19 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.2 cm
13 November 1993
Sunniest day
15.1 h
20 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 29 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 17 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 92 mm | +51 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 53 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | -1.8 °C | 47 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 30.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 4 mm | -60 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 38 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 31 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 38 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 31 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 52 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 11 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kecel?
Kecel has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 578 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kecel?
The hottest day measured in Kecel between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1945, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kecel?
The coldest day measured in Kecel between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kecel?
Yes. Kecel gets on average 35.9 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Kecel warmed?
Yes: Kecel warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kecel?
The wettest day measured in Kecel between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 2010, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kecel?
The windiest day measured in Kecel between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1985, with winds reaching 44.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kecel?
The warmest month in Kecel is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kecel?
Kecel receives on average 578 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kecel?
Kecel gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kecel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kecel between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1993, with 19.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kecel?
Yes: Kecel has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kecel?
In Kecel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 19 July 2007, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 24 January 1942.
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