Climate averages 1991–2020
Kırıkkale weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Kırıkkale: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ankara (56 km away). In May its highs average 22.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Kırıkkale, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kırıkkale ranks 46th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 43rd of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Kırıkkale is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 29 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
Kırıkkale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 45 | 8.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 8.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 40 | 8.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 39 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 29 | 6.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 10 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 37 | 5.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 8.2 | 9.49 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
- Ankara in MayTurkey · 56 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Gölbaşı in MayTurkey · 60 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Çankırı in MayTurkey · 84 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Kırşehir in MayTurkey · 96 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Yozgat in MayTurkey · 111 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Polatlı in MayTurkey · 121 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Çorum in MayTurkey · 146 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Karabük in MayTurkey · 168 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 84 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 Kırıkkale) is explained once on the Kırıkkale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.