Climate averages 1991–2020
Sivas 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 Sivas: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 21 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tokat (74 km away). In May its highs average 21.5°C, 2.5°C warmer than Sivas, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Sivas ranks joint 121st of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 85th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Sivas is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 27 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
Sivas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 46 | 8.3 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 39 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 53 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 60 | 12.3 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 19.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 56 | 12.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 23.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 6.6 | 14.915 h |
| July | 26.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 13 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 31 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.49 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
- Tokat in MayTurkey · 74 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Turhal in MayTurkey · 107 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Amasya in MayTurkey · 142 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Fatsa in MayTurkey · 148 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Ordu in MayTurkey · 155 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 11.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Ünye in MayTurkey · 157 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Elbistan in MayTurkey · 172 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Kayseri in MayTurkey · 174 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 10.2°C · 81 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 Sivas) is explained once on the Sivas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.