Kastamonu Weather in May
Kastamonu in May
The short of it: Kastamonu in May averages a high of 22 °C (71 °F) and a low of 7 °C (45 °F), with 66 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 14 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 7° · rain 66 mm · daylight 14 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & October
Thirty years of records give Kastamonu an average May high of 22°, a low of 7° and some 66 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 22°; nights run about 7°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 66 mm.
The sun is up for about 14 h 29 min in mid-May, 73 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and October.
Against its neighbours, Kastamonu runs about middling and drier than most in May. Gölköy, 9 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kastamonu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 16 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GölköyKastamonu | 9 km NNW | 22° | 8° | 64 mm |
| YukarıbatakKastamonu | 18 km NE | 22° | 8° | 60 mm |
| DevrekaniKastamonu | 26 km NNE | 20° | 6° | 71 mm |
| İhsangaziKastamonu | 27 km SW | 21° | 7° | 68 mm |
| SeydilerKastamonu | 27 km N | 20° | 6° | 71 mm |
| DadayKastamonu | 28 km WNW | 21° | 7° | 69 mm |
| ÖrencikKastamonu | 36 km NNW | 19° | 6° | 76 mm |
| TaşköprüKastamonu | 39 km ENE | 22° | 9° | 55 mm |