Climate averages 1991–2020
Adana weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Adana: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarsus (39 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Adana, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Adana ranks joint 9th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 78th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Adana is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Adana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 107 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.5°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 82 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 75 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 61 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 26.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 51 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 16 | 4.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 6.7 | 1.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 34.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 19 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 27.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 48 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 83 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 139 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Tarsus in MayTurkey · 39 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MayTurkey · 44 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Mersin in MayTurkey · 64 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Kozan in MayTurkey · 68 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Kadirli in MayTurkey · 81 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MayTurkey · 81 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Osmaniye in MayTurkey · 82 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 75 mm rain
- İskenderun in MayTurkey · 88 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 37 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Adana) is explained once on the Adana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.