Climate averages 1991–2020
Karabük 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 Karabük: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bartın (54 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Karabük, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Karabük ranks 74th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 121st of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Karabük is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 74 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
Karabük climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 76 | 12.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 77 | 12.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 12.6°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 91 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 84 | 12.5 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 40 | 7.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 35 | 6.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 47 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 66 | 9.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 64 | 9.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 9.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 79 | 12.4 | 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
- Bartın in MayTurkey · 54 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Zonguldak in MayTurkey · 75 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Kastamonu in MayTurkey · 98 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Bolu in MayTurkey · 100 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 110 mm rain
- Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey in MayTurkey · 102 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Çankırı in MayTurkey · 107 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Düzce in MayTurkey · 129 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Ankara in MayTurkey · 144 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 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 Karabük) is explained once on the Karabük year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.