Climate averages 1991–2020
Antakya weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry 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 Antakya: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (22 km away). In May its highs average 25.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Antakya, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Antakya ranks joint 12th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 21st of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Antakya is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 7.3 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
Antakya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 107 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 103 | 11.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 87 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 56 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 33 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.3 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 42 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 63 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 103 | 11.0 | 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
- Samandağ in MayTurkey · 22 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MayTurkey · 33 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 mm rain
- İskenderun in MayTurkey · 42 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Idlib in MaySyria · 53 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Latakia in MaySyria · 82 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Aleppo in MaySyria · 90 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MayTurkey · 96 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Osmaniye in MayTurkey · 97 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 75 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 Antakya) is explained once on the Antakya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.