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Cities / Hungary

Kaposvár

HungaryCfa
© OpenStreetMap, CARTO
Kaposvár coordinate map

Kaposvár at a glance

Local time   · Europe/Budapest
Today
Clear39° / 20°
Travel basics
Tap water
Safe to drink
Electricity
230V/50Hz · Type C / F
Drives on
Right
Currency
HUF Ft
Language
Hungarian
US passport
Visa-free

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
58K
Elevation
153 m
Climate
Cfa
HungaryDetails and sources →
Kaposvár az enyém | Kaposvár is mine

Why visit

The Rippl-Rónai Memorial Museum in his ochre villa on a hillside above the town is the highlight, his furniture, garden, and atmospheric painted rooms intact. Csiky Gergely theater runs strong programming, the Spring Festival (March) and Chamber Music Days (August) are local highlights, and the surrounding Zselic landscape protection area is a designated Dark Sky park, one of Europe's best for stargazing.

When to avoid

Summer weekends pull Balaton overflow crowds. Book ahead. Winter (December to February) is gloomy and many small museums shorten hours. The town has limited English-language tourist infrastructure outside the main square, don't arrive after 8pm without a confirmed hotel. For Kaposvár, check hours, tickets, transport, and neighborhood distances before the route becomes too rigid. A short distance in Kaposvár can still take time once hours, queues, and transport are included.

Plan Kaposvár

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Kaposvár

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Clear
39° / 20°
UV High
Wed
Clear
39° / 21°
UV High
Thu
Overcast
39° / 20°
UV High
Fri
Overcast
28° / 18°
UV High
Sat
Partly cloudy
30° / 13°
UV High
Sun
Partly cloudy
34° / 11°
UV High
Mon
Overcast
34° / 19°
UV High

Climate

Summer (Jun-Aug)

Typical highs around 28°C, lows around 17°C. Also the wettest months.

Winter (Dec-Feb)

Typical highs around 4°C, lows around -3°C.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

JFMAMJJASOND
Weather
29° / 17°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.2h
05:46 – 20:00local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest PEV · 55 km

Getting around Kaposvár

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators
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Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

About Kaposvár

Kaposvár is a city with county rights in southwestern Hungary, south of Lake Balaton. It is one of the leading cities of Transdanubia, the capital of Somogy County, and the seat of the Kaposvár District and the Diocese of Kaposvár.

Area
11,360 km²
Mayor
Károly Szita
Hungary basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.
References5▾▴

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, Open-Elevation, IANA Time Zone Database, .
JFMAMJJASOND32°-7°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: NASA POWER, Open-Meteo license.
  • Getting around. Transit operators from agency GTFS feeds and nearby commercial-airport reference data. Related: OurAirports.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.
  • City flag source. Public domain, Thommy.
  • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.