Tapolca climate — normals and trends
Tapolca (Hungary) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 660 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 (21.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Tapolca averages 74 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Tapolca has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -24.4 °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
TapolcaVeszprém
- coords
- 46.88°, 17.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
660mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
74 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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
36.9 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-24.4 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
52 mm
22 May 1997
Windiest day
48.7 km/h
19 March 1948
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
10 February 1984
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-29.5 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.9 cm
18 January 1950
Sunniest day
15.3 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 | 5.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 30 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 24 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 79 mm | +34 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | -1.5 °C | 54 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 20 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 26.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 93 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 94 mm | +31 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 45 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 14.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 70 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 31 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tapolca?
Tapolca has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 660 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tapolca?
The hottest day measured in Tapolca between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tapolca?
The coldest day measured in Tapolca between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -24.4 °C.
Does it snow in Tapolca?
Yes. Tapolca gets on average 49.1 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.
Has the climate of Tapolca warmed?
Yes: Tapolca warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tapolca?
The wettest day measured in Tapolca between 1940 and 2025 was 22 May 1997, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tapolca?
The windiest day measured in Tapolca between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1948, with winds reaching 48.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tapolca?
The warmest month in Tapolca is July (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Tapolca?
Tapolca receives on average 660 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tapolca?
Tapolca gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tapolca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tapolca between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1950, with 20.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tapolca?
Yes: Tapolca has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tapolca?
In Tapolca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 20 July 2007, and the lowest was -29.5 °C on 24 January 1942.
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