Karatepe Weather in May
Karatepe in May
The short of it: Karatepe in May averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 5 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 13° · rain 39 mm · daylight 14 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Karatepe an average May high of 23°, a low of 13° and some 39 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 23°; nights run about 13°. Rain is modest, about 39 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 5 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, Karatepe runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Çamlıca, 2 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Karatepe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h