Climate averages 1991–2020
Niğde 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 Niğde: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksaray (73 km away). In May its highs average 22.7°C, 2.6°C warmer than Niğde, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Niğde ranks joint 107th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 110th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Niğde is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 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
Niğde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 58 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 63 | 12.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 73 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 47 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 9.4 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 27 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 36 | 6.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 48 | 8.6 | 9.610 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
- Aksaray in MayTurkey · 73 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Nevşehir in MayTurkey · 73 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MayTurkey · 75 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Kayseri in MayTurkey · 110 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Kozan in MayTurkey · 115 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Tarsus in MayTurkey · 118 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Adana in MayTurkey · 123 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Mersin in MayTurkey · 128 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 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 Niğde) is explained once on the Niğde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.