Karkamış Weather in May
Karkamış in May
The short of it: Karkamış in May averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 21 mm (0.83 in) of rain and about 14 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 14° · rain 21 mm · daylight 14 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & November
May in Karkamış brings afternoons near 31° and nights around 14°, with about 21 mm of rain over the month. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 21 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 7 min in mid-May, 62 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and November.
Against its neighbours, Karkamış runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Jarābulus, 2 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Karkamış, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JarābulusAleppo | 2 km SSE | 31° | 15° | 20 mm |
| MağaralıŞanlıurfa | 16 km NNE | 31° | 14° | 23 mm |
| İkizceGaziantep | 20 km W | 31° | 14° | 24 mm |
| BirecikŞanlıurfa | 21 km N | 30° | 14° | 22 mm |
| DoğrularGaziantep | 25 km WNW | 31° | 14° | 24 mm |
| NizipGaziantep | 27 km NW | 30° | 14° | 24 mm |
| UluyatırGaziantep | 31 km WNW | 30° | 13° | 25 mm |
| KüçükkendirciŞanlıurfa | 32 km ENE | 31° | 14° | 25 mm |