Lightning strikes in Hungary
The detection network has located 3,241 lightning strikes in Hungary since the archive began, including 204 in the last 7 days. That is 0.04% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Hungary #42 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Hungary is counted under Europe in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 7 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 186 |
| 2026-08-10 | 10 |
| 2026-08-08 | 8 |
| 2026-08-07 | 58 |
| 2026-08-06 | 1,064 |
| 2026-08-03 | 701 |
| 2026-08-02 | 1,214 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Hungary's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Komárom-Esztergom | 511 | 0 | 15.8% |
| 2 | Heves | 484 | 0 | 14.9% |
| 3 | Veszprém | 415 | 0 | 12.8% |
| 4 | Nógrád | 338 | 0 | 10.4% |
| 5 | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | 231 | 0 | 7.1% |
| 6 | Pest | 165 | 0 | 5.1% |
| 7 | Baranya | 162 | 158 | 5.0% |
| 8 | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | 121 | 0 | 3.7% |
| 9 | Miskolc | 110 | 0 | 3.4% |
| 10 | Csongrád-Csanád | 94 | 20 | 2.9% |
| 11 | Bács-Kiskun | 87 | 0 | 2.7% |
| 12 | Salgótarján | 79 | 0 | 2.4% |
| 13 | Győr-Moson-Sopron | 74 | 10 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Somogy | 72 | 0 | 2.2% |
| 15 | Békés | 50 | 0 | 1.5% |
| 16 | Hódmezővásárhely | 43 | 6 | 1.3% |
| 17 | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | 38 | 0 | 1.2% |
| 18 | Fejér | 35 | 0 | 1.1% |
| 19 | Banská Bystrica | 22 | 0 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Hajdú-Bihar | 18 | 0 | 0.6% |
| 21 | Eger | 14 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 22 | Győr | 14 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 23 | Szolnok | 14 | 0 | 0.4% |
| 24 | Sopron | 11 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 25 | Burgenland | 8 | 2 | 0.2% |
| 26 | Košice | 7 | 0 | 0.2% |
| 27 | Pécs | 5 | 5 | 0.2% |
| 28 | Koprivnica-Križevci | 4 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 29 | Virovitica-Podravina | 3 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 30 | Tolna | 2 | 2 | 0.1% |
| 31 | Érd | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 32 | Kecskemét | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 33 | Szeged | 2 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 34 | Timiș | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 35 | Debrecen | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 36 | Osijek-Baranja | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 37 | Satu Mare | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.
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