Climate averages 1991–2020
Kayseri weather
in May.
A mild, moderately 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 Kayseri: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevşehir (68 km away). In May its highs average 21.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kayseri, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kayseri ranks joint 79th of 138 for the warmest May highs and 120th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Kayseri is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 47 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
Kayseri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 50 | 8.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 46 | 8.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 66 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 74 | 13.0 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 21.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 81 | 13.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 8.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.2 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 37 | 7.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 40 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 48 | 8.8 | 9.510 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
- Nevşehir in MayTurkey · 68 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Niğde in MayTurkey · 110 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Kırşehir in MayTurkey · 123 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Aksaray in MayTurkey · 133 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Yozgat in MayTurkey · 134 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Kozan in MayTurkey · 145 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Elbistan in MayTurkey · 160 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Kadirli in MayTurkey · 160 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 63 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 Kayseri) is explained once on the Kayseri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.