Climate averages 1991–2020

Burdur weather
in May.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.3°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 10.9°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 59 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a mild month in Burdur: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 11 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Isparta (24 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Burdur, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Burdur ranks joint 88th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 92nd of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Burdur is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 29 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Burdur climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Burdur, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.3°C-0.5°C-0.5°C7610.49.910 h
February 7.7°C-0.1°C-0.1°C6210.010.811 h
March 11.6°C2.3°C2.3°C6910.511.912 h
April 16.0°C6.0°C6.0°C6810.913.113 h
May, selected 21.3°C10.9°C10.9°C599.814.214 h
June 26.2°C15.2°C15.2°C295.714.715 h
July 30.3°C18.3°C18.3°C8.12.514.514 h
August 30.3°C18.7°C18.7°C7.61.913.614 h
September 26.0°C15.2°C15.2°C193.512.512 h
October 19.8°C10.7°C10.7°C476.311.311 h
November 13.3°C5.3°C5.3°C436.610.210 h
December 8.1°C1.6°C1.6°C689.89.610 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

Distance from Burdur

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Burdur) is explained once on the Burdur year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.