Climate averages 1991–2020
Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zonguldak (36 km away). In May its highs average 20.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey ranks joint 125th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 82nd of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 63 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
Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 100 | 13.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 85 | 13.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 10.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 88 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 57 | 9.7 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 18.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 55 | 8.2 | 14.514 h |
| June | 22.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 63 | 8.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 47 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 25.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 52 | 6.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 79 | 8.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 100 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 88 | 10.5 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 108 | 13.9 | 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
- Zonguldak in MayTurkey · 36 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Düzce in MayTurkey · 54 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Bolu in MayTurkey · 63 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Bartın in MayTurkey · 86 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Karabük in MayTurkey · 102 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Adapazarı in MayTurkey · 102 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 73 mm rain
- İzmit in MayTurkey · 138 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Derince in MayTurkey · 147 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 59 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 Ereğli) is explained once on the Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.