Konya weather in May

In May, Konya sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 34 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 25°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 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 Konya's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Konya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
34 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
4:45 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
45%
7th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Konya is metropolitan municipality in Central Anatolia, Turkey.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 43 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
35/km²
people per km²
Founded
~699 BCE

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 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Konya reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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

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.

Konya weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°397.54.99.70.2
Feb / -2°296.23.310.51.2
Mar12° / 3482.411.73.6
Apr18° / 358.30.4135.9
May23° / 10°348.90147.2
Jun27° / 14°235.9014.67.4
Jul31° / 18°41.4014.46.2
Aug30° / 18°41.2013.56.4
Sep27° / 13°72012.38.5
Oct21° / 173.50117.8
Nov13° / 294.41104.5
Dec / -1°3973.69.41.2

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 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25941
36040
46040
56040
66139
76238
86337
96337
106436
116535
126634
136634
146733
156832
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307525
317723

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Konya gets around 34 mm of rain over 8.9 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 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
131
231
331
431
530
630
730
830
930
1029
1129
1229
1328
1428
1527
1627
1727
1827
1926
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2126
2226
2326
2426
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2626
2726
2826
2926
3025
3125

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 (%)
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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318calm

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 5:01 AM to 4:35 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 7:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:016:34
213.65:006:35
313.64:586:36
413.74:576:36
513.74:566:37
613.74:556:38
713.84:546:39
813.84:536:40
913.84:526:41
1013.94:516:42
1113.94:506:43
1213.94:496:44
1313.94:486:45
1414.04:476:46
1514.04:466:47
1614.04:456:47
1714.14:446:48
1814.14:446:49
1914.14:436:50
2014.14:426:51
2114.24:416:52
2214.24:406:53
2314.24:406:53
2414.34:396:54
2514.34:396:55
2614.34:386:56
2714.34:376:57
2814.34:376:57
2914.44:366:58
3014.44:366:59
3114.44:357:00

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
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317.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Konya?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Konya in May

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

In May, Konya sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Konya 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 Konya peaks around June 23 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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 highExtremeVery highModerateJun 23UV 10Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr9Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Konya 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 Konya is worst in May — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1621 µg/m³Jan 1112 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Konya?

Konya sits at 37.9°N, 32.5°E, 1,030 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Çumra, 42 km away.

KarapınarHadimKaraman

Topography around Konya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Konya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 1,022 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,049 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,381 m.

The land around Konya is covered by artificial surfaces (91%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), artificial surfaces (23%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
1,049 m
80 km
1,381 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Çumra 42 km · Kadınhanı 47 km · Ilgın 67 km · Beyşehir 70 km · Seydişehir 75 km · Karapınar 95 km · Hadim 98 km · Karaman 100 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 Konya (37.8713°, 32.4846°, elevation 1,030 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).