Climate averages 1991–2020
Ceyhan weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Ceyhan: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osmaniye (39 km away). In May its highs average 25.6°C, about as warm as Ceyhan, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ceyhan ranks joint 22nd of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 115th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Ceyhan is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 32 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
Ceyhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 127 | 10.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 112 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 113 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 76 | 8.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 32 | 5.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 10 | 2.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 53 | 6.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 81 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 95 | 7.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 137 | 10.4 | 9.710 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
- Osmaniye in MayTurkey · 39 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Adana in MayTurkey · 44 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Kadirli in MayTurkey · 46 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Kozan in MayTurkey · 48 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 133 mm rain
- İskenderun in MayTurkey · 58 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MayTurkey · 68 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Tarsus in MayTurkey · 83 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Antakya in MayTurkey · 96 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 33 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 Ceyhan) is explained once on the Ceyhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.