Amasya weather in May

In May, Amasya sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 59 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-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 35% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Amasya's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amasya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 59 mm; 11.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 4:25 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Amasya is central district and city in Amasya Province, Turkey.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 34.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 61/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 Amasya reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°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)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24
Avg low (°C)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How May really feels in Amasya

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.

Amasya weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / -2°	48	9.1	6.4	9.4	0.2
Feb	8° / -1°	45	8.7	5.3	10.4	1.2
Mar	12° / 2°	60	11.1	4.4	11.7	3.0
Apr	17° / 6°	59	10.9	1.1	13.1	5.3
May	22° / 9°	59	11.6	0	14.2	6.5
Jun	25° / 13°	38	8.5	0	14.9	7.3
Jul	28° / 15°	14	2.9	0	14.6	7.4
Aug	29° / 16°	10	2.1	0	13.6	7.1
Sep	25° / 12°	22	4.2	0	12.3	8.1
Oct	20° / 9°	35	5.4	0.1	10.9	7.0
Nov	13° / 3°	46	6.2	1.5	9.7	3.9
Dec	7° / -0°	55	8.9	4.4	9.1	1.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

	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 (%)	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	57	58	58	59	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	62
Cloudier (%)	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Amasya gets around 59 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 37% 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 (%)	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

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 93% 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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	96	95	94	94	93	92	90	89	88	87	85	84	83	82	81	79	78
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	19	21	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	79	21
31	78	22

Wind in May

Winds average 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:43 AM to 4:14 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:54 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	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	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	14.6	14.7
Sunrise (AM)	4:43	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:31	4:30	4:29	4:28	4:27	4:26	4:25	4:24	4:23	4:22	4:22	4:21	4:20	4:19	4:18	4:18	4:17	4:16	4:16	4:15	4:15	4:14
Sunset (PM)	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	4:43	6:25
2	13.8	4:41	6:26
3	13.8	4:40	6:27
4	13.8	4:39	6:28
5	13.9	4:37	6:29
6	13.9	4:36	6:30
7	13.9	4:35	6:31
8	14.0	4:34	6:33
9	14.0	4:33	6:34
10	14.1	4:31	6:35
11	14.1	4:30	6:36
12	14.1	4:29	6:37
13	14.2	4:28	6:38
14	14.2	4:27	6:39
15	14.2	4:26	6:40
16	14.3	4:25	6:41
17	14.3	4:24	6:42
18	14.3	4:23	6:43
19	14.4	4:22	6:43
20	14.4	4:22	6:44
21	14.4	4:21	6:45
22	14.4	4:20	6:46
23	14.5	4:19	6:47
24	14.5	4:18	6:48
25	14.5	4:18	6:49
26	14.5	4:17	6:50
27	14.6	4:16	6:51
28	14.6	4:16	6:52
29	14.6	4:15	6:52
30	14.6	4:15	6:53
31	14.7	4:14	6:54

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.99 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Amasya?

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

4.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Amasya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Amasya in May

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

In May, Amasya sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Amasya 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 Amasya peaks around July 24 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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	9	9	9	7	4	2	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	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Amasya 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 Amasya is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 26 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Amasya's WHO annual average of 34.1 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	36	46	45	45	34	26	26	26	32	32	31
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	36	Poor
Mar	46	Poor
Apr	45	Poor
May	45	Poor
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	26	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Amasya?

Amasya sits at 40.7°N, 35.8°E, 402 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Suluova, 25 km away.

Topography around Amasya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amasya has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 836 m around an average of 618 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,671 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,037 m.

The land around Amasya is covered by trees (37%), grassland (35%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), trees (32%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), grassland (34%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

836 m

trees 37%

16 km

1,671 m

grassland 42%

80 km

2,037 m

trees 35%

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

May weather nearby: Suluova 25 km · Turhal 36 km · Havza 38 km · Zile 39 km · Merzifon 40 km · Taşova 43 km · Erbaa 62 km · Vezirköprü 63 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 Amasya (40.6533°, 35.8331°, elevation 402 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	19	7
2	19	7
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	20	8
6	20	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	21	9
11	21	9
12	21	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	22	9
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	23	11
30	23	11
31	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	79	21
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	79	21
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	54	46
4	54	46
5	54	46
6	54	46
7	55	45
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	57	43
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	59	41
15	58	42
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	60	40
26	60	40
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	62	38
30	62	38
31	62	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	36
12	36
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	90	10
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	87	13
25	85	15
26	84	16
27	83	17
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	79	21
31	78	22