Ilgın weather in May

In May, Ilgın sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-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 44% 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 Ilgın's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilgın's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 41 mm; 9.3 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 06 min; 4:47 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 7th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Ilgın is town and district in Konya 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 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ilgın reaches about 21°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 26°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)	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11

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

How May really feels in Ilgın

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.

Ilgın weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -4°	45	8.6	6	9.6	0.0
Feb	6° / -3°	36	7.1	4.9	10.5	0.6
Mar	11° / 1°	42	8.5	3.8	11.7	2.7
Apr	16° / 5°	41	9.1	1	13	5.1
May	21° / 9°	41	9.3	0.1	14	6.9
Jun	25° / 13°	27	6.2	0	14.6	7.9
Jul	29° / 16°	7	1.7	0	14.4	7.3
Aug	29° / 16°	7	1.6	0	13.5	7.3
Sep	25° / 12°	11	2.8	0	12.3	8.6
Oct	19° / 7°	28	5.6	0.1	11	7.1
Nov	12° / 2°	37	5.2	1.7	9.9	3.8
Dec	6° / -2°	47	8.2	4.8	9.4	0.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	59	60	60	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	65	65	67	67	68	69	70	70	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	75	75	76	76
Cloudier (%)	41	40	40	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	35	35	33	33	32	31	30	30	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	25	25	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ilgın gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	28
19	28
20	28
21	28
22	28
23	27
24	27
25	27
26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	26
31	27

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 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 5:02 AM to 4:37 AM, and sunset from 6:37 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)	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	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	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:02	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:40	4:39	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:37	4:37
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	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	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	5:02	6:37
2	13.6	5:01	6:38
3	13.6	5:00	6:39
4	13.7	4:59	6:40
5	13.7	4:58	6:40
6	13.7	4:57	6:41
7	13.8	4:55	6:42
8	13.8	4:54	6:43
9	13.8	4:53	6:44
10	13.9	4:52	6:45
11	13.9	4:51	6:46
12	13.9	4:50	6:47
13	14.0	4:49	6:48
14	14.0	4:48	6:49
15	14.0	4:47	6:50
16	14.1	4:47	6:51
17	14.1	4:46	6:52
18	14.1	4:45	6:52
19	14.2	4:44	6:53
20	14.2	4:43	6:54
21	14.2	4:42	6:55
22	14.2	4:42	6:56
23	14.3	4:41	6:57
24	14.3	4:40	6:58
25	14.3	4:40	6:58
26	14.3	4:39	6:59
27	14.4	4:39	7:00
28	14.4	4:38	7:01
29	14.4	4:37	7:01
30	14.4	4:37	7:02
31	14.4	4:37	7:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.68 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.7 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)	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
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	6.3	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.7	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.9	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	6.9	Intense
26	6.9	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	7.0	Intense
29	7.0	Intense
30	7.0	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ilgın?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ilgın for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ilgın in May

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

In May, Ilgın sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ilgın in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ilgın peaks around June 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	8	8	10	10	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Ilgın 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 Ilgın is worst in May — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (January, 12 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)	12	14	19	20	22	19	14	15	16	16	15	13
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ilgın?

Ilgın sits at 38.3°N, 31.9°E, 1,036 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Kadınhanı, 26 km away.

Topography around Ilgın

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilgın has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m around an average of 1,033 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,703 m.

The land around Ilgın is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

216 m

cropland 66%

16 km

674 m

cropland 63%

80 km

1,703 m

cropland 48%

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

May weather nearby: Kadınhanı 26 km · Akşehir 44 km · Şarkîkaraağaç 53 km · Yalvaç 64 km · Konya 67 km · Beyşehir 69 km · Çay 85 km · Bolvadin 89 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 Ilgın (38.2792°, 31.9139°, elevation 1,036 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	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	8
6	19	8
7	20	8
8	20	8
9	20	8
10	20	8
11	20	9
12	20	9
13	21	9
14	21	9
15	21	9
16	21	9
17	21	9
18	21	9
19	22	10
20	22	10
21	22	10
22	22	10
23	22	10
24	22	10
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	22	10
28	23	10
29	23	11
30	23	11
31	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	28
19	28
20	28
21	28
22	28
23	27
24	27
25	27
26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	26
31	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	28
19	28
20	28
21	28
22	28
23	27
24	27
25	27
26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	26
31	27

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	65	35
14	65	35
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	68	32
18	69	31
19	70	30
20	70	30
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	73	27
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	32
10	32
11	31
12	31
13	31
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	28
19	28
20	28
21	28
22	28
23	27
24	27
25	27
26	27
27	27
28	27
29	27
30	26
31	27

	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