Climate averages 1991–2020
Erzurum 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 Erzurum: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Muş (132 km away). In May its highs average 19.0°C, 3.7°C warmer than Erzurum, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erzurum ranks 138th of 138 for the warmest May highs and 129th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Erzurum is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 65 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
Erzurum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 36 | 7.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | -0.3°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 42 | 9.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 3.8°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 65 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.1°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 84 | 15.6 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 15.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 103 | 19.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 65 | 12.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 24.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 44 | 9.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 24.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 33 | 7.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 20.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 44 | 8.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 37 | 7.3 | 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
- Muş in MayTurkey · 132 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Bingöl in MayTurkey · 132 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Rize in MayTurkey · 139 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 152 mm rain
- Ağrı in MayTurkey · 152 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Erzincan in MayTurkey · 154 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Patnos in MayTurkey · 155 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Kars in MayTurkey · 172 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Tatvan in MayTurkey · 180 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 84 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 Erzurum) is explained once on the Erzurum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.