Climate · Budapest

Budapest in September

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Budapest is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 14 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Budapest is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
12h 27mon average

Is September a good time to visit Budapest?


Yes. September is one of Budapest's best months (May to June, or September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 75°F in September, against 41°F to 84°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in September, against 5°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in September, against 26% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in September, against 36% to 66% through the year.

Daylight

12h 27m in September, against 8h 30m to 15h 54m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with September shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. August84°29°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. September75°24°low 55°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. October65°18°low 47°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Budapest sits, in September

Europe/Budapest

this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:20 AMsets 6:59 PM
Above the sea
110 mlow-lying
Latitude
47.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Budapest, shaded by its typical high in September, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Budapest is our one place in Hungary so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Budapest. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (110 m) against the climate model's (184 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (110 m) against the climate model's (184 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.