Climate averages 1991–2020
Amasya weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Amasya: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Turhal (36 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Amasya, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Amasya ranks joint 56th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 92nd of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Amasya is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 38 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
Amasya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 48 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 60 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 59 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 22.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 38 | 8.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 2.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 10 | 2.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 46 | 6.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 55 | 9.0 | 9.39 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
- Turhal in MayTurkey · 36 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Tokat in MayTurkey · 72 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Çorum in MayTurkey · 75 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Samsun in MayTurkey · 81 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Bafra in MayTurkey · 102 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Yozgat in MayTurkey · 127 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Ünye in MayTurkey · 134 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Sivas in MayTurkey · 142 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 56 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 Amasya) is explained once on the Amasya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.