Climate averages 1991–2020
Samsun weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Samsun: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bafra (48 km away). In May its highs average 18.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Samsun, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Samsun ranks 120th of 138 for the warmest May highs and 119th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Samsun is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 60 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
Samsun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 82 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| February | 9.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 73 | 12.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 92 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 79 | 12.9 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 19.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 79 | 12.9 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 60 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 7.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 35 | 7.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 89 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 81 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 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
- Bafra in MayTurkey · 48 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Ünye in MayTurkey · 81 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Amasya in MayTurkey · 81 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Fatsa in MayTurkey · 101 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Turhal in MayTurkey · 102 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Tokat in MayTurkey · 109 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Ordu in MayTurkey · 134 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Çorum in MayTurkey · 142 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 76 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 Samsun) is explained once on the Samsun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.