Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaziantep weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gaziantep: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nizip (37 km away). In May its highs average 27.7°C, 2.8°C warmer than Gaziantep, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Gaziantep ranks joint 35th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Gaziantep is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 6.5 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
Gaziantep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 77 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.3°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 42 | 8.4 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 29 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 6.5 | 2.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 35.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 35.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 48 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 79 | 9.9 | 9.710 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
- Nizip in MayTurkey · 37 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Kilis in MayTurkey · 45 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in MayTurkey · 71 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Al Bāb in MaySyria · 78 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Manbij in MaySyria · 78 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Suruç in MayTurkey · 93 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Aleppo in MaySyria · 97 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Osmaniye in MayTurkey · 101 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 75 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 Gaziantep) is explained once on the Gaziantep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.