Climate averages 1991–2020
Çankırı weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Çankırı: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kırıkkale (84 km away). In May its highs average 23.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Çankırı, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Çankırı ranks joint 60th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 78th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Çankırı is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 35 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
Çankırı climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 44 | 7.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.2°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 38 | 7.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 47 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 42 | 9.3 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 22.7°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 51 | 10.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 8.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 31.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 13 | 3.4 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 26 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.2°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 34 | 5.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 6.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 49 | 7.8 | 9.39 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
- Kırıkkale in MayTurkey · 84 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Kastamonu in MayTurkey · 88 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Ankara in MayTurkey · 99 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Karabük in MayTurkey · 107 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Gölbaşı in MayTurkey · 113 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Çorum in MayTurkey · 113 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Yozgat in MayTurkey · 133 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Bartın in MayTurkey · 157 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 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 Çankırı) is explained once on the Çankırı year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.