Climate averages 1991–2020
İskenderun weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th 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 İskenderun: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arsuz (32 km away, marked approximate). In May its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as İskenderun, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, İskenderun ranks joint 31st of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 34th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; İskenderun is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 9.7 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
İskenderun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 106 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 108 | 10.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 95 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 63 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 37 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 22 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 50 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 103 | 10.5 | 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
- Arsuz (approximate) in MayTurkey · 32 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Antakya in MayTurkey · 42 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Osmaniye in MayTurkey · 55 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MayTurkey · 58 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Samandağ in MayTurkey · 59 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Idlib in MaySyria · 84 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Kilis in MayTurkey · 85 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Adana in MayTurkey · 88 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 51 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 İskenderun) is explained once on the İskenderun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.