Climate averages 1991–2020
Patnos weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Patnos: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erciş (49 km away). In May its highs average 16.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Patnos, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Patnos ranks 130th of 138 for the warmest May highs and 124th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Patnos is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Patnos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 44 | 8.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 49 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 77 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 101 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 18.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 89 | 16.2 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 35 | 7.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 12 | 3.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 5.7 | 1.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 48 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 46 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 49 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Erciş in MayTurkey · 49 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Ağrı in MayTurkey · 57 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Van in MayTurkey · 93 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 5.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Tatvan in MayTurkey · 95 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in MayTurkey · 111 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Iğdır in MayTurkey · 128 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Muş in MayTurkey · 131 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Kars in MayTurkey · 154 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 126 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 Patnos) is explained once on the Patnos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.