Climate averages 1991–2020
Afyonkarahisar weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Afyonkarahisar: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kütahya (89 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Afyonkarahisar, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Afyonkarahisar ranks joint 92nd of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 76th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Afyonkarahisar is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 31 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
Afyonkarahisar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 49 | 8.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 45 | 8.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 53 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 53 | 10.1 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 21.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 49 | 9.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 25.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 31 | 6.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 13 | 2.6 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 12 | 2.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 29 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 33 | 5.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.6°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 9.510 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
- Kütahya in MayTurkey · 89 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Uşak in MayTurkey · 99 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Isparta in MayTurkey · 110 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Eskişehir in MayTurkey · 113 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 8.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Burdur in MayTurkey · 117 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Bilecik in MayTurkey · 161 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Polatlı in MayTurkey · 165 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Denizli in MayTurkey · 168 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.6°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 Afyonkarahisar) is explained once on the Afyonkarahisar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.