Akyurt weather in May

In May, Akyurt sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 55 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Akyurt's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akyurt's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 12 min; 4:37 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Akyurt is district and town of Ankara Province, Turkey.

Density: 125/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Akyurt reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	10
26	23	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	10
30	23	10
31	23	10

How May really feels in Akyurt

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Akyurt weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -4°	53	9	6.4	9.5	0.0
Feb	6° / -3°	44	8.4	5.1	10.4	0.4
Mar	10° / 0°	53	9.9	3.5	11.7	2.4
Apr	16° / 4°	50	10.7	0.7	13	4.8
May	21° / 8°	55	11.1	0	14.2	6.5
Jun	26° / 12°	39	8.6	0	14.8	7.3
Jul	29° / 15°	13	3.3	0	14.6	6.7
Aug	30° / 15°	13	3.5	0	13.6	6.6
Sep	25° / 11°	15	3.3	0	12.3	8.4
Oct	19° / 6°	30	5.8	0.1	10.9	6.8
Nov	11° / 1°	39	5.8	1.4	9.8	3.2
Dec	5° / -2°	55	8.6	4	9.2	0.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	41	40	40	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Akyurt gets around 55 mm of rain over 11.1 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 35% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:54 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 7:03 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:32	4:32	4:31	4:30	4:29	4:29	4:28	4:28	4:27	4:27
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	4:54	6:35
2	13.7	4:53	6:36
3	13.8	4:52	6:37
4	13.8	4:51	6:38
5	13.8	4:49	6:39
6	13.9	4:48	6:40
7	13.9	4:47	6:41
8	13.9	4:46	6:42
9	14.0	4:45	6:43
10	14.0	4:44	6:44
11	14.0	4:43	6:45
12	14.1	4:41	6:46
13	14.1	4:40	6:47
14	14.1	4:39	6:48
15	14.2	4:38	6:49
16	14.2	4:37	6:50
17	14.2	4:37	6:51
18	14.3	4:36	6:52
19	14.3	4:35	6:53
20	14.3	4:34	6:54
21	14.4	4:33	6:55
22	14.4	4:32	6:56
23	14.4	4:32	6:57
24	14.4	4:31	6:58
25	14.5	4:30	6:59
26	14.5	4:29	6:59
27	14.5	4:29	7:00
28	14.5	4:28	7:01
29	14.6	4:28	7:02
30	14.6	4:27	7:03
31	14.6	4:27	7:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.34 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.2	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.5	Intense
18	6.5	Intense
19	6.5	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.6	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.7	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.7	Intense
31	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Akyurt?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Akyurt for sightseeing.

What to pack for Akyurt in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Akyurt sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Akyurt in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akyurt peaks around August 10 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	3	7	7	10	9	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Akyurt in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Akyurt is worst in May — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (January, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	12	17	18	19	15	11	11	12	13	12	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	12	Good
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Akyurt?

Akyurt sits at 40.1°N, 33.1°E, 1,041 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Çubuk, 12 km away.

Topography around Akyurt

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Akyurt.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akyurt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m around an average of 1,061 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,002 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,515 m.

The land around Akyurt is covered by cropland (54%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (45%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

220 m

cropland 54%

16 km

1,002 m

grassland 46%

80 km

1,515 m

grassland 53%

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← April Akyurt year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Çubuk 12 km · İncirli 27 km · Elmadağ 27 km · Etlik 28 km · Çankaya 31 km · Ankara 31 km · Batikent 35 km · Kazan 36 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $18,599; 2025
Happiness: 5.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 3.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 6.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 488
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Akyurt (40.1351°, 33.0861°, elevation 1,041 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	10
26	23	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	10
30	23	10
31	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	10
26	23	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	10
30	23	10
31	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	20	7
8	20	7
9	20	7
10	20	8
11	20	8
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	9
18	22	9
19	22	9
20	22	9
21	22	9
22	22	9
23	22	9
24	22	9
25	22	10
26	23	10
27	23	10
28	23	10
29	23	10
30	23	10
31	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	56	44
6	57	43
7	57	43
8	57	43
9	57	43
10	58	42
11	59	41
12	60	40
13	60	40
14	61	39
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	64	36
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	67	33
30	67	33
31	67	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	35
6	35
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100