Climate averages 1991–2020
Kars weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kars: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (68 km away). In May its highs average 16.5°C, about as warm as Kars, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kars ranks joint 136th of 138 for the warmest May highs and 135th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Kars is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 126 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Kars climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 35 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.2°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.0°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 66 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 99 | 16.6 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 16.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 126 | 21.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 90 | 15.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 60 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 34 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 49 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 36 | 6.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Gyumri in MayArmenia · 68 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Ağrı in MayTurkey · 98 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Iğdır in MayTurkey · 111 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Vanadzor in MayArmenia · 121 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Yerevan in MayArmenia · 130 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in MayTurkey · 145 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Patnos in MayTurkey · 154 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Batumi in MayGeorgia · 168 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 105 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 Kars) is explained once on the Kars year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.