Kahta weather in May

In May, Kahta sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 28 mm of rain across 5.2 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 23°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kahta's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kahta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
13°
8th coldest
Rainfall
28 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
4:21 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
38%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
out of 10

Kahta is city of Turkey.

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 23°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kahta reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Kahta

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.

Kahta 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 / 11710.73.79.71.3
Feb / 8092.510.52.1
Mar14° / 688.90.511.74.5
Apr20° / 478.1012.96.7
May26° / 13°285.20147.6
Jun33° / 19°30.9014.64.7
Jul37° / 23°10.2014.31.9
Aug37° / 23°00.1013.52.1
Sep32° / 18°30.7012.35.5
Oct25° / 12°273.90118.1
Nov16° / 636.40.3105.7
Dec10° / 11210.41.39.42.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
36931
46931
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87030
97129
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117228
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kahta gets around 28 mm of rain over 5.2 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 16% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
124
224
324
424
524
624
724
823
922
1022
1121
1220
1319
1418
1516
1616
1715
1814
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2012
2111
2211
2310
2410
259
269
278
288
298
307
317

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1973
2973
3973
4964
5964
6964
7964
8955
9955
10955
11955
12955
13955
14955
15955
16955
17955
18964
19964
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21964
22964
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25964
26955
27955
28955
29964
30964
31964

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 7 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
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 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 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:36 AM to 4:11 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.54:366:09
213.64:356:10
313.64:346:11
413.64:336:12
513.74:326:13
613.74:316:14
713.74:306:15
813.84:286:15
913.84:276:16
1013.84:266:17
1113.94:256:18
1213.94:246:19
1313.94:246:20
1414.04:236:21
1514.04:226:22
1614.04:216:23
1714.14:206:24
1814.14:196:24
1914.14:186:25
2014.14:186:26
2114.24:176:27
2214.24:166:28
2314.24:156:29
2414.24:156:29
2514.34:146:30
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2714.34:136:32
2814.34:126:33
2914.44:126:33
3014.44:116:34
3114.44:116:35

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.96 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
26.5Intense
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287.5Intense
297.5Intense
307.5Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kahta

In seasonPeak

None of Kahta's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kahta's rainy season runs November–March, 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 Kahta?

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

7.6
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Kahta for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kahta in May

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

In May, Kahta sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Kahta 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 Kahta peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateJun 21UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Kahta 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 Kahta is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1924 µg/m³Jul 2016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kahta?

Kahta sits at 37.8°N, 38.6°E, 722 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Adıyaman, 31 km away.

Topography around Kahta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kahta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m around an average of 690 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 907 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,191 m.

The land around Kahta is covered by cropland (48%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
234 m
16 km
907 m
80 km
2,191 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Adıyaman 31 km · Altınşehir 35 km · Hilvan 37 km · Bozova 48 km · Siverek 61 km · Yakınca 67 km · Besni 68 km · Malatya 68 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 Kahta (37.7855°, 38.6237°, elevation 722 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).