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Debrecen

Hungary

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Climate

Debrecen logs 175 sunny days a year to Nyíregyháza's 167 — Debrecen wins by 8. Debrecen also leads on frost days by 1.

DebrecenNyíregyháza
Sunny days
175167
Hot days
4849
Frost days
6061
Rainy days
115115
Snow days
34
Outdoor dinner months
5/125/12
Avg wind
2.5 m/s2.7 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,0712,023
Darkest month sun
56 hrs/mo51 hrs/mo
UV peak month
6.56.3

Debrecen

Feels-like °C

-4
-1
4
12
20
26
29
28
20
13
4
-1

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Nyíregyháza

Feels-like °C

-4
-2
4
11
19
26
28
28
19
13
3
-2

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Debrecen averages 13.8 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Nyíregyháza's 13.6 µg/m³ (moderate) — Nyíregyháza breathes ~1% cleaner air (0.1 µg/m³ lower).

Debrecen

Nyíregyháza

13.8µg/m³
13.6µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Moderate
Moderate

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Debrecen (139K) and Nyíregyháza (79K) are 1.8x in population — Debrecen is the larger metro, Nyíregyháza the smaller.

1.5x

Debrecen is roughly 1.5x the scale of Nyíregyháza

Combined population & area comparison

HU flagDebrecen
1.5x
HU flagNyíregyháza
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.HU flagDebrecen139K1.8x
2.HU flagNyíregyháza79K1x
Area
1.HU flagDebrecen42 km²1.3x
2.HU flagNyíregyháza33 km²1x
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8.6 km8.4 km

HU flagDebrecen

© Stadia Maps, © OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors
8.8 km7.3 km

HU flagNyíregyháza

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the clean air seeker.

Thrives in both
DebrecenNyíregyháza
Struggles in both
DebrecenNyíregyháza

Also compared

Frequently asked about Debrecen vs Nyíregyháza

How does the climate compare between Debrecen and Nyíregyháza?
Sunny days: 175 vs 167 d — Similar Annual sunshine: 2,071 vs 2,023 hrs — Similar Winter sunshine: 56 vs 51 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 48 vs 49 d — Similar Frost days: 60 vs 61 d — Similar Rainy days: 115 vs 115 d — Similar Snowy days: 3 vs 4 d — Similar
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