Antakya Weather in May
Antakya in May
The short of it: Antakya in May averages a high of 26 °C (80 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 18° · rain 57 mm · daylight 14 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & October
Thirty years of records give Antakya an average May high of 26°, a low of 18° and some 57 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 26°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 4 min in mid-May, 60 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Antakya runs warmer than most and wetter than most in May. Hıdırbey, 3 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Antakya, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 19 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h