Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafra weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Bafra: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samsun (48 km away). In May its highs average 19.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bafra, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Bafra ranks joint 127th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 82nd of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Bafra is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 42 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
Bafra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 68 | 12.4 | 9.510 h |
| February | 9.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 60 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 73 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 59 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 18.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 55 | 9.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 22.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 42 | 7.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 27 | 5.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 71 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 67 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 9.29 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
- Samsun in MayTurkey · 48 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Amasya in MayTurkey · 102 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Ünye in MayTurkey · 125 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Turhal in MayTurkey · 132 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Çorum in MayTurkey · 138 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Fatsa in MayTurkey · 146 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Tokat in MayTurkey · 150 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Kastamonu in MayTurkey · 179 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 72 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 Bafra) is explained once on the Bafra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.