Tortum Weather in May
Tortum in May
The short of it: Tortum in May averages a high of 16 °C (62 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 14 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 4° · rain 74 mm · daylight 14 h 24 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & July
May in Tortum brings afternoons near 16° and nights around 4°, with about 74 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 16°, with nights near 4°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 74 mm. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 24 min in mid-May, 70 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and July.
Against its neighbours, Tortum runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Uzundere, 27 km to the N, is 4° warmer by day.
May in Tortum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 10 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h