Gaziantep Weather in May
Gaziantep in May
The short of it: Gaziantep in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 13 °C (55 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 13° · rain 30 mm · daylight 14 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Gaziantep an average May high of 27°, a low of 13° and some 30 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 27°, with nights near 13°. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 8 min in mid-May, 62 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; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Gaziantep runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Oyumsöğüt, 11 km to the NW, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Gaziantep, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OyumsöğütGaziantep | 11 km NW | 26° | 11° | 34 mm |
| YeşildereGaziantep | 13 km SE | 29° | 13° | 28 mm |
| OğuzeliGaziantep | 16 km SE | 29° | 13° | 28 mm |
| GöksüncükGaziantep | 16 km N | 27° | 12° | 33 mm |
| BilekGaziantep | 16 km ENE | 28° | 12° | 30 mm |
| AktoprakGaziantep | 17 km NNW | 26° | 11° | 34 mm |
| GüngürgeGaziantep | 19 km NNE | 28° | 13° | 30 mm |
| IşıklıGaziantep | 19 km WNW | 25° | 10° | 37 mm |