Kecskemét climate — normals and trends
Kecskemét (Hungary) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kecskemét averages 76 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Kecskemét has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 87 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 9 August 1945) and the coldest -28.5 °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
KecskemétBács-Kiskun
- coords
- 46.91°, 19.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
578mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.17 · 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
40.4 °C
9 August 1945
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
68 mm
9 August 1989
Windiest day
44.4 km/h
3 February 1985
Strongest gust
86.4 km/h
5 March 1977
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
24 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.8 cm
19 November 1999
Sunniest day
15.1 h
27 June 2012
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 23 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 19 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 83 mm | +45 mm |
| Apr | 18.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 52 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 29.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 6 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 48 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 33 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 56 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 29 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 9.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 55 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 8 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kecskemét?
Kecskemét has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 578 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kecskemét?
The hottest day measured in Kecskemét between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1945, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kecskemét?
The coldest day measured in Kecskemét between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Kecskemét?
Yes. Kecskemét gets on average 34.4 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Kecskemét warmed?
Yes: Kecskemét warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kecskemét?
The wettest day measured in Kecskemét between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1989, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kecskemét?
The windiest day measured in Kecskemét between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1985, with winds reaching 44.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kecskemét?
The warmest month in Kecskemét is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Kecskemét?
Kecskemét receives on average 578 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kecskemét?
Kecskemét gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kecskemét?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kecskemét between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1999, with 16.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kecskemét?
Yes: Kecskemét has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kecskemét?
In Kecskemét, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 24 June 2021, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 22 January 1940.
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