Climate averages 1991–2020
Rize weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Rize: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batumi (115 km away). In May its highs average 21.1°C, 2.7°C warmer than Rize, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Rize ranks 129th of 138 for the warmest May highs and 138th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Rize is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 152 mm to 169 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
Rize climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 134 | 15.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 108 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 10.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 134 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 115 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 18.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 152 | 19.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 21.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 169 | 19.0 | 15.115 h |
| July | 23.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 169 | 20.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 193 | 22.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 236 | 18.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 227 | 17.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 157 | 12.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 132 | 13.3 | 9.39 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
- Batumi in MayGeorgia · 115 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Erzurum in MayTurkey · 139 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Erzincan in MayTurkey · 167 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Giresun in MayTurkey · 180 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Kars in MayTurkey · 221 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Ordu in MayTurkey · 221 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Kutaisi in MayGeorgia · 228 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Bingöl in MayTurkey · 238 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.5°C · 117 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 Rize) is explained once on the Rize year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.