Sými Weather in May
Sými in May
The short of it: Sými in May averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 24 mm (0.94 in) of rain and about 14 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 16° · rain 24 mm · daylight 14 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Sými an average May high of 24°, a low of 16° and some 24 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 24°, with nights near 16°. Rain is modest, about 24 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 6 min in mid-May, 61 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Sými runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Datça, 19 km to the NW, is 2° warmer by day.
May in Sými, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 20 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DatçaMuğla | 19 km NW | 26° | 17° | 21 mm |
| SelimiyeMuğla | 25 km ENE | 25° | 16° | 27 mm |
| TheologòsSouth Aegean | 31 km SE | 25° | 17° | 20 mm |
| SoroníSouth Aegean | 32 km SSE | 25° | 17° | 21 mm |
| KalavárdaSouth Aegean | 32 km SSE | 24° | 17° | 20 mm |
| FanesSouth Aegean | 32 km SSE | 25° | 17° | 20 mm |
| ParadeísiSouth Aegean | 33 km SE | 25° | 17° | 21 mm |
| KremastíSouth Aegean | 34 km SE | 25° | 17° | 21 mm |