Climate averages 1991–2020
Erzincan weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Erzincan: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akçapınar (100 km away). In May its highs average 21.9°C, 2.2°C warmer than Erzincan, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erzincan ranks 115th of 138 for the warmest May highs and 126th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Erzincan is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 55 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
Erzincan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.5°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 64 | 9.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.3°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 61 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.8°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 83 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 88 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 19.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 97 | 17.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 55 | 10.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 26 | 5.7 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 20 | 4.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.8°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 61 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 1.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 9.49 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
- Akçapınar in MayTurkey · 100 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 13.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Elazığ in MayTurkey · 121 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 69 mm rain
- Bingöl in MayTurkey · 128 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Erzurum in MayTurkey · 154 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Giresun in MayTurkey · 161 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Rize in MayTurkey · 167 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Malatya in MayTurkey · 185 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Ordu in MayTurkey · 193 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 100 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 Erzincan) is explained once on the Erzincan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.