Climate averages 1991–2020
Çanakkale 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 Çanakkale: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ayvalık (96 km away). In May its highs average 21.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Çanakkale, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Çanakkale ranks joint 64th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 50th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Çanakkale is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 26 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
Çanakkale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 84 | 10.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 81 | 9.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 73 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 53 | 7.7 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 42 | 6.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 26 | 5.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 38 | 4.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 74 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 73 | 7.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | 10.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 94 | 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
- Ayvalık in MayTurkey · 96 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Tekirdağ in MayTurkey · 130 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Bandırma in MayTurkey · 135 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Balıkesir in MayTurkey · 138 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Soma in MayTurkey · 149 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in MayTurkey · 160 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Çorlu in MayTurkey · 162 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Edirne in MayTurkey · 170 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 46 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 Çanakkale) is explained once on the Çanakkale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.