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Ankara in May

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Ankara is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 49°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 50 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Ankara is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 50 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
49°F9°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
14h 22mon average

Is May a good time to visit Ankara?

A good month, just outside Ankara's best months, which run from September to October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 75°F in May, against 46°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in May, against 8°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in May, against 10% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in May, against 10% to 61% through the year.

Daylight

14h 22m in May, against 9h 23m to 14h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. April65°18°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. May75°24°low 49°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. June83°28°low 56°low 13°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Ankara sits, in May

Europe/Istanbul
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:34 AMsets 7:55 PM
Above the sea
870 mupland
Latitude
39.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cappadocia (Göreme)222 km south-east

The land around Ankara, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Turkey in May

high · low · wet days
See May on the planning mapThe whole year in Ankara

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ankara. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (870 m) against the climate model's (1,100 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (870 m) against the climate model's (1,100 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.