A landlocked country situated right in the centre of Europe at a latitude of 47 degrees, Hungary experiences a moderate climate. Summers are warm and rather long, and the winters cold although Hungary weather is also characterized by its fluctuating climating conditions, whose patterns change according each respective area’s location.

Budapest, Hungary’s capital city, is situated at the west of the country. Like the rest of the western areas of Hungary, spring in Budapest sets as April rolls in, bringing a rainy period along with an average monthly precipitation of 75mm and a significant rise in temperatures. Heat reaches its peak during the summer season with maximum temperatures soaring higher than 30 degrees centigrade. Humidity is also on the rise and precipitation on the wane, rainfalls dropping to approximately half of what spring experiences.

Hungary’s centre and eastern regions are dominated by the Great Plain. As the name implies, the landscape in these parts of the country is rather flat and low, the distinctive lack of geographical features of considerable height leaving the area largely unprotected by the might of intruding winds which in turn makes winter conditions especially cold and rainy. However, summers are generally hot and dry.

The hottest overall climate of Hungary is experienced in the southern parts of the country. Laying at comparatively low latitude the area is the first in the country to feel the calming effects of the emerging spring. Summers are long and hot and receive the bulk of the area’s annual precipitation with almost double average monthly rainfall figures in comparison with other regions. Winters arrive rather late and never before November and temperatures usually remain above freezing point.