Climate averages 1991–2020
Iğdır weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Iğdır: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doğubayazıt (42 km away). In May its highs average 19.0°C, 3.6°C cooler than Iğdır, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Iğdır ranks joint 64th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 113th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Iğdır is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 42 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
Iğdır climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 29 | 5.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 59 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 75 | 16.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 29 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 16 | 5.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 30 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 33 | 5.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 32 | 6.1 | 9.49 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
- Doğubayazıt in MayTurkey · 42 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Yerevan in MayArmenia · 49 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Ağrı in MayTurkey · 89 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Gyumri in MayArmenia · 98 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Vanadzor in MayArmenia · 105 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Kars in MayTurkey · 111 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Erciş in MayTurkey · 116 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Patnos in MayTurkey · 128 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 89 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 Iğdır) is explained once on the Iğdır year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.