Samsun Weather in May
Samsun in May
The short of it: Samsun in May averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 14 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 12° · rain 50 mm · daylight 14 h 29 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
May in Samsun brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 12°, with about 50 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 19°; nights run about 12°. Rain is modest, about 50 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 29 min in mid-May, 73 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Samsun runs about middling and drier than most in May. Çatkaya, 9 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Samsun, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h