Climate averages 1991–2020
Arsuz 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.
Approximate: the model cell is 409 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 2.7°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
May is a warm month in Arsuz: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is İskenderun (32 km away). In May its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Arsuz, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Arsuz ranks joint 35th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 72nd of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Arsuz is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 15 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
Arsuz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 130 | 12.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 124 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 109 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 75 | 9.8 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 47 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 15 | 3.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 6.1 | 1.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 5.5 | 2.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 32 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 72 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 84 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 123 | 11.9 | 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
- İskenderun in MayTurkey · 32 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Antakya in MayTurkey · 33 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Samandağ in MayTurkey · 38 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MayTurkey · 68 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Osmaniye in MayTurkey · 80 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Adana in MayTurkey · 81 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Idlib in MaySyria · 86 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Latakia in MaySyria · 98 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 41 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 Arsuz) is explained once on the Arsuz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.