The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during May at cities in Turkey. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
The cities are grouped for each region of the country: Marmara Region, Aegean Turkey, Mediterranean Turkey, Black Sea Turkey, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia.
The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.
Marmara Region
Average monthly precipitation in May
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 11 |
Balikesir |
1.8 |
47 |
| 10 |
Bursa |
1.9 |
48 |
| 6 |
Çanakkale |
1.3 |
32 |
| 12 |
Edirne |
2.3 |
58 |
| 8 |
İstanbul |
1.2 |
30 |
| 12 |
İzmit (Kocaeli) |
2.2 |
55 |
| 11 |
Sakarya (Adapazari) |
2.3 |
59 |
Aegean Turkey
May averages for total rainfall
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 12 |
Afon (Afyonkarahisar) |
2.0 |
50 |
| 7 |
Aydin |
1.7 |
44 |
| 7 |
İzmir |
1.3 |
33 |
| 7 |
Manisa |
1.5 |
39 |
| 9 |
Muğla |
2.2 |
57 |
Mediterranean Turkey
Average amount of rain in May
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 6 |
Adana |
1.9 |
48 |
| 7 |
Antalya |
1.5 |
37 |
| 6 |
Hatay (Antakya) |
3.5 |
90 |
| 7 |
Maras (Kahramanmaraş) |
1.7 |
43 |
| 8 |
Mersin (İçel) |
1.1 |
27 |
Black Sea Turkey
Rainfall totals for May
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 14 |
Bolu |
2.5 |
64 |
| 14 |
Ordu |
2.4 |
62 |
| 16 |
Rize |
3.8 |
97 |
| 14 |
Samsun |
2.1 |
54 |
| 10 |
Sinop |
1.4 |
35 |
| 11 |
Trabzon |
2.2 |
56 |
| 11 |
Zonguldak |
2.3 |
60 |
Central Anatolia
Total precipitation during May
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 15 |
Ankara |
2.0 |
51 |
| – |
Eskişehir |
1.6 |
40 |
| 14 |
Kayseri |
2.3 |
58 |
| 12 |
Konya |
1.5 |
38 |
| 13 |
Nevşehir |
2.3 |
57 |
Eastern Anatoli
May precipitation averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 10 |
Elâzığ |
2.0 |
51 |
| 19 |
Erzurum |
2.9 |
72 |
| 18 |
Kars |
3.3 |
84 |
| 11 |
Van |
1.8 |
46 |
Southeastern Anatolia
Total precipitation averages for May
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 11 |
Diyarbakır |
2.0 |
50 |
| 8 |
Gaziantep |
1.3 |
33 |
| 7 |
Mardin |
2.0 |
52 |
| 8 |
Urfa (Şanlıurfa) |
1.0 |
26 |