Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbistan 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.
May is a mild month in Elbistan: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kahramanmaraş (73 km away). In May its highs average 24.3°C, 3.4°C warmer than Elbistan, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elbistan ranks joint 94th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 54th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Elbistan is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Elbistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 58 | 8.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 53 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 51 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 20.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 43 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 14 | 3.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 27 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 41 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 58 | 8.6 | 9.610 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kahramanmaraş in MayTurkey · 73 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Malatya in MayTurkey · 99 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Adıyaman in MayTurkey · 106 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Gaziantep in MayTurkey · 129 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Kâhta in MayTurkey · 133 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Kadirli in MayTurkey · 134 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Nizip in MayTurkey · 143 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Kozan in MayTurkey · 147 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 133 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 Elbistan) is explained once on the Elbistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.