Summer weather is here: some outdoor pools already open in Hungary, but cold comes back next week

This weekend will be as warm and sunny as if summer had arrived: we can expect even 30 °C. Therefore, some places already enabled their guests to use outdoor pools in Hungary despite it being only April.

According to infostart.hu, most Hungarian open-air pools and beaches are expected to open only at the weekend of Pentecost (19 May), while others postpone that until the end of the school year. Before, the general opening time of the Hungarian beaches was 1 May. However, the COVID-19 and the energy crisis rewrote those “rules”.

Heat records and opening outdoor pools in Hungary

This spring has been warm, breaking heat records one after the other everywhere in Hungary. For example, on 1 April, the new afternoon record temperature for the day was 30.2 degrees in Kelebia. The previous record was in Körmend but it was only 27.7 degrees. Here are some additional heat records showing that our weather is changing unstoppably.

Thus, multiple spas and baths opened their outside pools to the public during the spring break or the Easter long weekend. The general secretary of the Hungarian Spa Association (Magyar Fürdőszövetség) told hirado.hu that school breaks mean lots of visitors.

Summer at Lake Balaton. Photo: FB/Balaton Sound Official

Cold front to conquer Hungary next week

Zoltán Balogh said most Hungarian beaches would open at Pentecost or after the start of the summer break due to money-saving reasons. However, he encourages everybody to keep an eye on the opening times of their favourite baths, beaches, and spas because – due to the hot weather – the number of visitors may reach summer numbers.

April is changeful in Hungary. According to meteorologists, next week will see a significant cooling with a cold front arriving in the Carpathia Basin. In most places, there will be lots of precipitation through showers and rain, which is important for agriculture. On Wednesday and Thursday, the maximums will be between 10-15 degrees only, telex.hu wrote. Now, the sun is shining so warm that it feels like July has arrived. Based on forecasts, on Sunday, the daily maximum may exceed 30 °C.

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Read also:

• Hungary’s Lake Balaton is among the world’s best beaches – Read more HERE
• Less known beaches to visit in Hungary – Details in THIS article

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