Climate averages 1991–2020
Edirne weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Edirne: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 31 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lüleburgaz (73 km away). In May its highs average 22.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Edirne, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Edirne ranks 47th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 67th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Edirne is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 37 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
Edirne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 53 | 7.2 | 9.510 h |
| February | 9.6°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 47 | 6.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 54 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 42 | 7.6 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 23.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 46 | 8.7 | 14.515 h |
| June | 28.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 37 | 7.7 | 15.115 h |
| July | 31.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.1 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 16 | 3.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 27 | 4.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 60 | 5.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 55 | 6.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 8.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 60 | 8.1 | 9.29 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
- Lüleburgaz in MayTurkey · 73 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Tekirdağ in MayTurkey · 111 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in MayBulgaria · 113 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Sliven in MayBulgaria · 114 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Çorlu in MayTurkey · 119 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Burgas in MayBulgaria · 119 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Çerkezköy in MayTurkey · 128 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Plovdiv in MayBulgaria · 159 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 56 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 Edirne) is explained once on the Edirne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.