Climate averages 1991–2020
Kızıltepe weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kızıltepe: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th 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 Mardin (20 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 3.8°C cooler than Kızıltepe, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kızıltepe ranks joint 2nd of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 5th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Kızıltepe is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 2.2 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
Kızıltepe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 68 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 42 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 34.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 22 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 39 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 63 | 8.8 | 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
- Mardin in MayTurkey · 20 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in MaySyria · 60 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Midyat in MayTurkey · 72 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Viranşehir in MayTurkey · 73 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Bismil in MayTurkey · 73 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MaySyria · 78 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in MayTurkey · 87 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Batman in MayTurkey · 92 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 57 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 Kızıltepe) is explained once on the Kızıltepe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.