Climate averages 1991–2020
Alanya weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th 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 Alanya: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manavgat (57 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Alanya, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Alanya ranks joint 50th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 64th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Alanya is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 18 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
Alanya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 179 | 12.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 131 | 10.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 94 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 8.7 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 45 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 9.4 | 2.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 11 | 3.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 22 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 53 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 117 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 182 | 11.2 | 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
- Manavgat in MayTurkey · 57 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Belek in MayTurkey · 91 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Muratpaşa in MayTurkey · 117 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Antalya in MayTurkey · 123 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Karaman in MayTurkey · 129 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Konya in MayTurkey · 154 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Silifke in MayTurkey · 174 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Isparta in MayTurkey · 187 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 65 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 Alanya) is explained once on the Alanya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.