Gerede weather in May

In May, Gerede sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 104 mm of precipitation across 16.9 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 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 Gerede's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gerede's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 104 mm; 16.9 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 4:39 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Gerede is town and district of Bolu Province, Turkey.

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 15°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Gerede reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 23°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)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

How May really feels in Gerede

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.

Gerede 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	2° / -5°	68	12.3	10.7	9.4	0.0
Feb	4° / -4°	69	12.2	9.7	10.4	0.1
Mar	8° / -1°	87	14.3	9.2	11.7	1.1
Apr	13° / 2°	91	15.2	2.6	13.1	3.1
May	17° / 6°	104	16.9	0.1	14.2	4.8
Jun	21° / 10°	90	14	0	14.9	6.1
Jul	24° / 12°	38	7.7	0	14.6	7.8
Aug	25° / 13°	36	7.3	0	13.6	7.9
Sep	22° / 9°	44	7.8	0	12.3	7.3
Oct	16° / 6°	61	9.4	0.7	10.9	5.4
Nov	10° / 1°	54	8.6	3.7	9.7	2.3
Dec	4° / -3°	72	11.8	8.4	9.1	0.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	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 (%)	46	46	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	51	52	52	52	52	53	52	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	51	51	51	50	51	51
Cloudier (%)	54	54	52	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	49	48	48	48	48	47	48	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	49	49	49	50	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gerede gets around 104 mm of rain and snow over 16.9 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 precipitation averages around 53% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	50	50	50	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	54	55	56	56	57	58	58	58	58	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	50
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	51
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	53
21	53
22	54
23	55
24	56
25	56
26	57
27	58
28	58
29	58
30	58
31	58

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 99% 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	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	95
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

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
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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 4:57 AM to 4:28 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 7:09 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	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	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7
Sunrise (AM)	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:33	4:32	4:31	4:31	4:30	4:29	4:29	4:28
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	4:57	6:40
2	13.8	4:55	6:41
3	13.8	4:54	6:42
4	13.8	4:53	6:43
5	13.9	4:52	6:44
6	13.9	4:50	6:45
7	14.0	4:49	6:46
8	14.0	4:48	6:47
9	14.0	4:47	6:48
10	14.1	4:46	6:49
11	14.1	4:45	6:50
12	14.1	4:43	6:51
13	14.2	4:42	6:53
14	14.2	4:41	6:54
15	14.2	4:40	6:55
16	14.3	4:39	6:56
17	14.3	4:38	6:56
18	14.3	4:38	6:57
19	14.4	4:37	6:58
20	14.4	4:36	6:59
21	14.4	4:35	7:00
22	14.5	4:34	7:01
23	14.5	4:33	7:02
24	14.5	4:33	7:03
25	14.5	4:32	7:04
26	14.6	4:31	7:05
27	14.6	4:31	7:06
28	14.6	4:30	7:07
29	14.6	4:29	7:07
30	14.7	4:29	7:08
31	14.7	4:28	7:09

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.96 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	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

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

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gerede?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gerede for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gerede in May

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

In May, Gerede sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain geara warm layersun protection

UV index in Gerede 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 Gerede peaks around August 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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	2	4	7	7	9	9	9	7	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Gerede 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 Gerede is worst in May — around 18 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	17	18	14	11	11	11	12	12	11
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Gerede?

Gerede sits at 40.8°N, 32.2°E, 1,325 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bolu, 50 km away.

Topography around Gerede

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gerede has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m around an average of 1,415 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,284 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,359 m.

The land around Gerede is covered by trees (43%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, trees (42%), grassland (30%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

540 m

trees 43%

16 km

1,284 m

trees 42%

80 km

2,359 m

trees 60%

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

May weather nearby: Bolu 50 km · Devrek 51 km · Kızılcahamam 53 km · Karabük 58 km · Çerkeş 59 km · Safranbolu 65 km · Çaycuma 70 km · Kaynaşlı 74 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 Gerede (40.8008°, 32.1969°, elevation 1,325 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	15	4
2	15	4
3	16	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	17	6
10	17	6
11	17	6
12	17	6
13	17	6
14	17	6
15	17	6
16	18	7
17	18	7
18	18	7
19	18	7
20	18	7
21	18	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	8
25	18	8
26	18	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	50
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	51
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	53
21	53
22	54
23	55
24	56
25	56
26	57
27	58
28	58
29	58
30	58
31	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	50
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	51
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	53
21	53
22	54
23	55
24	56
25	56
26	57
27	58
28	58
29	58
30	58
31	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	53	47
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	51	49
22	51	49
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	50
2	50
3	50
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	52
10	52
11	52
12	52
13	51
14	51
15	51
16	51
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	53
21	53
22	54
23	55
24	56
25	56
26	57
27	58
28	58
29	58
30	58
31	58

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	95	5
31	95	5