Climate averages 1991–2020
Karaman weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th 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 Karaman: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th 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 Ereğli (Konya), Turkey (82 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Karaman, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Karaman ranks joint 53rd of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 23rd of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Karaman is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 16 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
Karaman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 45 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.4°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 35 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 40 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 37 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.3 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 8.1 | 1.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 18 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 33 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 48 | 7.7 | 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
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MayTurkey · 82 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Konya in MayTurkey · 100 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Silifke in MayTurkey · 110 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Alanya in MayTurkey · 129 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Mersin in MayTurkey · 133 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Aksaray in MayTurkey · 150 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Tarsus in MayTurkey · 152 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Niğde in MayTurkey · 156 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 73 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 Karaman) is explained once on the Karaman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.