Çermik weather in May

In May, Çermik sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 58 mm of rain across 9.8 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Çermik's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Çermik's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
4:17 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
44%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Çermik is district of Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey.

Density
22/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical May day in Çermik reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Çermik

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Çermik weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°10511.18.79.70.0
Feb / -2°8910.67.110.50.5
Mar11° / 9112.4311.72.8
Apr17° / 8312.40.5135.2
May23° / 11°589.80147.0
Jun30° / 16°103014.66.2
Jul35° / 21°21014.43.5
Aug35° / 21°20.4013.53.6
Sep30° / 16°91.5012.36.8
Oct22° / 10°416.40117.6
Nov13° / 667.21.19.94.1
Dec / -1°9810.359.40.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
35842
45842
55941
65941
75941
86040
96139
106238
116436
126535
136733
146931
157030
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Çermik gets around 58 mm of rain over 9.8 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 31% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
139
239
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440
540
640
739
839
938
1037
1137
1236
1335
1434
1533
1632
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2028
2127
2226
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
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13991
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
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127calm
137calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 4:07 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.64:336:06
213.64:316:07
313.64:306:08
413.74:296:09
513.74:286:10
613.74:276:11
713.84:266:12
813.84:256:13
913.84:236:14
1013.94:226:15
1113.94:216:16
1213.94:206:17
1314.04:196:17
1414.04:196:18
1514.04:186:19
1614.14:176:20
1714.14:166:21
1814.14:156:22
1914.14:146:23
2014.24:136:24
2114.24:136:25
2214.24:126:25
2314.24:116:26
2414.34:116:27
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2614.34:096:29
2714.34:096:29
2814.44:086:30
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3014.44:076:32
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.86 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.3Intense
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46.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Çermik

In seasonPeak

In May, Çermik sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Çermik's rainy season runs November–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Çermik?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Çermik for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Çermik in May

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

In May, Çermik sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Çermik in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Çermik peaks around August 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highModerateAug 15UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Çermik 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 Çermik is worst in May — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1324 µg/m³Jul 2015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Çermik?

Çermik sits at 38.1°N, 39.4°E, 690 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Ergani, 31 km away.

Topography around Çermik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Çermik has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 704 m around an average of 833 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,473 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,943 m.

The land around Çermik is covered by grassland (72%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
704 m
16 km
1,473 m
80 km
1,943 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Ergani 31 km · Siverek 44 km · Elazığ 63 km · Diyarbakır 72 km · Baskil 73 km · Kovancılar 74 km · Hilvan 75 km · Kahta 82 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
Muslim 100%other 0%

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 Çermik (38.1354°, 39.445°, elevation 690 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).