Van Weather in May
Van in May
The short of it: Van in May averages a high of 20 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 54 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 14 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 8° · rain 54 mm · daylight 14 h 15 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & June
Thirty years of records give Van an average May high of 20°, a low of 8° and some 54 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against April, to near 20°; nights run about 8°. Rain is modest, about 54 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 15 min in mid-May, 66 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 September and June.
Against its neighbours, Van runs warmer than most and drier than most in May. Edremit, 14 km to the SW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Van, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 10 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h