Climate averages 1991–2020
Viranşehir weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th 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 Viranşehir: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 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 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siverek (71 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 3.3°C cooler than Viranşehir, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Viranşehir ranks 5th of 138 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 138 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 138 cities is 22.4°C; Viranşehir is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 3.7 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
Viranşehir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 72 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 65 | 9.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 58 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 44 | 7.3 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 29 | 5.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 3.7 | 1.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 38.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 28 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 43 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 66 | 9.2 | 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
- Siverek in MayTurkey · 71 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in MayTurkey · 73 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in MayTurkey · 85 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in MayTurkey · 87 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Mardin in MayTurkey · 88 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Bismil in MayTurkey · 106 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Kâhta in MayTurkey · 118 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MaySyria · 119 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 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 Viranşehir) is explained once on the Viranşehir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.