Climate averages 1991–2020
Balıkesir weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Balıkesir: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 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 20 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soma (57 km away). In May its highs average 24.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Balıkesir, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Balıkesir ranks joint 50th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 46th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Balıkesir is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 30 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
Balıkesir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 76 | 10.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 72 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 67 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 53 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 41 | 7.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 6.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.9 | 2.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 55 | 7.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 10.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 80 | 10.9 | 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
- Soma in MayTurkey · 57 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Mustafakemalpaşa in MayTurkey · 62 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Bandırma in MayTurkey · 79 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Akhisar in MayTurkey · 81 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Nilüfer in MayTurkey · 108 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Ayvalık in MayTurkey · 109 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Bursa in MayTurkey · 117 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Manisa in MayTurkey · 122 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.2°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 Balıkesir) is explained once on the Balıkesir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.