Climate averages 1991–2020
Gebze weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Gebze: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 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 26 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yalova (21 km away). In May its highs average 21.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Gebze, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Gebze ranks 98th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 59th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Gebze is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 47 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
Gebze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 80 | 11.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.8°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 67 | 10.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 75 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 54 | 9.1 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 20.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 44 | 7.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 47 | 7.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 28 | 4.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 27 | 3.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 45 | 6.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 62 | 8.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 9.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 86 | 11.7 | 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
- Yalova in MayTurkey · 21 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Sultanbeyli in MayTurkey · 22 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Sancaktepe in MayTurkey · 28 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Derince in MayTurkey · 33 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Ümraniye in MayTurkey · 35 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 35 mm rain
- İzmit in MayTurkey · 42 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Üsküdar in MayTurkey · 43 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Istanbul in MayTurkey · 47 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 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 Gebze) is explained once on the Gebze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.