Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankara weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th 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 Ankara: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gölbaşı (15 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ankara, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ankara ranks joint 68th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 59th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Ankara is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 29 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
Ankara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 7.4°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 45 | 8.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 53 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 8.6 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 8.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 29 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 28 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 53 | 8.7 | 9.49 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
- Gölbaşı in MayTurkey · 15 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in MayTurkey · 56 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Polatlı in MayTurkey · 72 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Çankırı in MayTurkey · 99 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Bolu in MayTurkey · 139 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Kırşehir in MayTurkey · 141 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Karabük in MayTurkey · 144 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Yozgat in MayTurkey · 167 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 62 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 Ankara) is explained once on the Ankara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.