Climate averages 1991–2020
Akçapınar weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Akçapınar: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elazığ (39 km away). In May its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Akçapınar, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Akçapınar ranks joint 75th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 85th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Akçapınar is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 10 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
Akçapınar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 72 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 62 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 73 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 73 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 56 | 9.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 40 | 5.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 56 | 6.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 69 | 9.6 | 9.59 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
- Elazığ in MayTurkey · 39 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Malatya in MayTurkey · 86 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Erzincan in MayTurkey · 100 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Kâhta in MayTurkey · 132 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Bingöl in MayTurkey · 134 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Siverek in MayTurkey · 137 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Adıyaman in MayTurkey · 144 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in MayTurkey · 160 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 63 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 Akçapınar) is explained once on the Akçapınar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.