Kulu weather in May

In May, Kulu sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 37 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kulu's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kulu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
37 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
4:40 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
47%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Kulu is district of Konya, central Turkey.

Density
21/km²
people per km²
Founded
1954

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 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kulu reaches about 24°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 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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52210
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How May really feels in Kulu

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.

Kulu 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°448.13.69.60.1
Feb / -1°357.52.910.51.3
Mar13° / 408.31.711.73.6
Apr18° / 408.50.3136.0
May24° / 11°378.8014.17.2
Jun28° / 15°255.5014.76.8
Jul32° / 19°51.3014.55.3
Aug32° / 18°51.5013.55.6
Sep27° / 14°102.4012.38.1
Oct21° / 224.30117.7
Nov13° / 355.70.89.94.4
Dec / -0°4782.49.31.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 43% 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 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
36040
46040
56139
66139
76139
86238
96337
106337
116436
126535
136634
146733
156733
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307228
317228

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kulu gets around 37 mm of rain over 8.8 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 28% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
328
429
529
629
729
829
929
1029
1129
1229
1328
1428
1528
1628
1728
1828
1928
2028
2127
2227
2327
2427
2526
2626
2726
2825
2925
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 (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
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31991

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of May to 14 h 30 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 4:56 AM to 4:30 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 7:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.64:566:33
213.74:556:34
313.74:546:35
413.74:536:36
513.84:516:37
613.84:506:38
713.84:496:39
813.94:486:40
913.94:476:41
1013.94:466:42
1114.04:456:43
1214.04:446:44
1314.04:436:45
1414.14:426:46
1514.14:416:47
1614.14:406:48
1714.24:396:49
1814.24:386:50
1914.24:376:51
2014.24:376:51
2114.34:366:52
2214.34:356:53
2314.34:346:54
2414.44:346:55
2514.44:336:56
2614.44:326:57
2714.44:326:57
2814.54:316:58
2914.54:316:59
3014.54:307:00
3114.54:307:01

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.04 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.92 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.6Intense
36.6Intense
46.6Intense
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267.2Intense
277.2Intense
287.2Intense
297.2Intense
307.2Intense
317.2Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kulu?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kulu in May

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

In May, Kulu sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Kulu 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 Kulu 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 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highModerateJun 22UV 10Dec 23UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Kulu 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 Kulu is worst in May — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1521 µg/m³Jan 1312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kulu?

Kulu sits at 39.1°N, 33.1°E, 983 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Şereflikoçhisar, 43 km away.

ElmadağÇankaya

Topography around Kulu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kulu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 993 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 552 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,169 m.

The land around Kulu is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
552 m
80 km
1,169 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Şereflikoçhisar 43 km · Kaman 63 km · Keskin 79 km · Gölbaşı 81 km · Kırıkkale 91 km · Ortaköy 92 km · Elmadağ 93 km · Çankaya 93 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 Kulu (39.0951°, 33.0799°, elevation 983 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).