Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarsus weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tarsus: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mersin (25 km away). In May its highs average 24.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tarsus, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Tarsus ranks joint 35th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Tarsus is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 9.5 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
Tarsus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 89 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 64 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 38 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.5 | 2.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 27 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 65 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 117 | 8.8 | 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 · 25 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Adana in MayTurkey · 39 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Ceyhan in MayTurkey · 83 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in MayTurkey · 100 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Kozan in MayTurkey · 101 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Silifke in MayTurkey · 104 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in MayTurkey · 105 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Niğde in MayTurkey · 118 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.7°C · 73 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 Tarsus) is explained once on the Tarsus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.