Climate averages 1991–2020

Karşıyaka weather
in May.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.1°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 14.6°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 37 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a warm month in Karşıyaka: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th 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 14 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is İzmir (5 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Karşıyaka, with 41 mm of rain.

Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Karşıyaka ranks joint 14th 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; Karşıyaka is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 13 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Karşıyaka climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Karşıyaka, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 11.7°C3.6°C3.6°C989.99.810 h
February 13.1°C4.1°C4.1°C919.910.711 h
March 16.1°C6.0°C6.0°C738.611.912 h
April 20.5°C9.6°C9.6°C557.613.213 h
May, selected 26.1°C14.6°C14.6°C375.514.214 h
June 31.6°C19.1°C19.1°C133.114.815 h
July 35.4°C21.8°C21.8°C2.30.814.615 h
August 35.4°C22.0°C22.0°C3.00.813.714 h
September 30.2°C18.3°C18.3°C232.712.512 h
October 24.1°C13.9°C13.9°C625.611.211 h
November 17.9°C9.0°C9.0°C907.910.110 h
December 12.9°C5.5°C5.5°C10111.19.510 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

Distance from Karşıyaka

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Karşıyaka) is explained once on the Karşıyaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.