Climate averages 1991–2020
Silifke weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Silifke: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mersin (79 km away). In May its highs average 24.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Silifke, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silifke ranks joint 17th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 88th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Silifke is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 41 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
Silifke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 97 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 68 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 56 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 50 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 58 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 9.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 19 | 5.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 7.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 25 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 61 | 5.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 119 | 9.4 | 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
- Mersin in MayTurkey · 79 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Tarsus in MayTurkey · 104 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Karaman in MayTurkey · 110 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MayTurkey · 127 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Adana in MayTurkey · 141 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Nicosia in MayCyprus · 144 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Larnaca in MayCyprus · 164 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Alanya in MayTurkey · 174 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 45 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 Silifke) is explained once on the Silifke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.