Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksaray weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Aksaray: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevşehir (66 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 1.7°C cooler than Aksaray, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Aksaray ranks joint 60th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 39th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Aksaray is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 19 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
Aksaray climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 46 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 8.3 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 22 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 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
- Nevşehir in MayTurkey · 66 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Niğde in MayTurkey · 73 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Kırşehir in MayTurkey · 87 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MayTurkey · 96 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Kayseri in MayTurkey · 133 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Konya in MayTurkey · 146 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Karaman in MayTurkey · 150 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in MayTurkey · 170 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 39 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 Aksaray) is explained once on the Aksaray year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.