Climate averages 1991–2020
Muğla weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Muğla: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazilli (78 km away). In May its highs average 27.2°C, 3.9°C warmer than Muğla, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Muğla ranks 49th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 117th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Muğla is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 32 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
Muğla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 159 | 12.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 137 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 110 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 10.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 23.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 78 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 33.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 26 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 79 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 124 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 153 | 12.0 | 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
- Nazilli in MayTurkey · 78 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Aydın in MayTurkey · 84 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Merkezefendi in MayTurkey · 88 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Denizli in MayTurkey · 89 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Salihli in MayTurkey · 142 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Turgutlu in MayTurkey · 154 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 44 mm rain
- İzmir in MayTurkey · 171 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Bornova in MayTurkey · 172 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.2°C · 41 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 Muğla) is explained once on the Muğla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.