Şarkîkaraağaç weather in May

In May, Şarkîkaraağaç sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 10.7 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 17°C in the first days to 21°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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Şarkîkaraağaç's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Şarkîkaraağaç's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 58 mm; 10.7 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 06 min; 4:49 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Şarkîkaraağaç is municipality in Isparta, 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 17°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Şarkîkaraağaç reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°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)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

How May really feels in Şarkîkaraağaç

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.

Şarkîkaraağaç 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -3°	69	10.2	7.7	9.7	0.0
Feb	5° / -2°	51	8.6	6.1	10.5	0.2
Mar	9° / 1°	58	10.5	4.9	11.7	1.9
Apr	14° / 5°	55	11.2	1.1	13	4.0
May	19° / 10°	58	10.7	0.1	14	6.3
Jun	24° / 14°	34	6.9	0	14.6	7.8
Jul	27° / 16°	10	2.4	0	14.4	8.2
Aug	28° / 17°	10	2.4	0	13.5	8.2
Sep	24° / 13°	20	3.9	0	12.3	8.5
Oct	18° / 9°	40	6.1	0	11	6.6
Nov	11° / 3°	45	6.1	1.4	9.9	3.2
Dec	5° / -1°	66	9.6	5.2	9.4	0.3

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 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. 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 (%)	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	59	60	60	62	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73
Cloudier (%)	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	41	40	40	38	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Şarkîkaraağaç gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 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 33% and peaks near 36% 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 (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	31

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 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.

	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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	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 5:05 AM to 4:39 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 7:05 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	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	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	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:42	4:41	4:41	4:40	4:40	4:39
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	5:05	6:39
2	13.6	5:04	6:39
3	13.6	5:03	6:40
4	13.7	5:01	6:41
5	13.7	5:00	6:42
6	13.7	4:59	6:43
7	13.8	4:58	6:44
8	13.8	4:57	6:45
9	13.8	4:56	6:46
10	13.9	4:55	6:47
11	13.9	4:54	6:48
12	13.9	4:53	6:49
13	14.0	4:52	6:50
14	14.0	4:51	6:51
15	14.0	4:50	6:51
16	14.1	4:49	6:52
17	14.1	4:48	6:53
18	14.1	4:47	6:54
19	14.1	4:47	6:55
20	14.2	4:46	6:56
21	14.2	4:45	6:57
22	14.2	4:44	6:58
23	14.2	4:44	6:58
24	14.3	4:43	6:59
25	14.3	4:42	7:00
26	14.3	4:42	7:01
27	14.3	4:41	7:02
28	14.4	4:41	7:02
29	14.4	4:40	7:03
30	14.4	4:40	7:04
31	14.4	4:39	7:05

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.01 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.67 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	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	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	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.6	Intense
15	6.7	Intense
16	6.7	Intense
17	6.7	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.9	Intense
24	6.9	Intense
25	6.9	Intense
26	6.9	Intense
27	7.0	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 Şarkîkaraağaç?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Şarkîkaraağaç for sightseeing.

What to pack for Şarkîkaraağaç in May

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

In May, Şarkîkaraağaç sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Şarkîkaraağaç 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 Şarkîkaraağaç peaks around June 22 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	4	8	8	11	10	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Şarkîkaraağaç 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 Şarkîkaraağaç is worst in May — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 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	13	18	19	22	19	14	15	15	15	13	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Şarkîkaraağaç?

Şarkîkaraağaç sits at 38.1°N, 31.4°E, 1,170 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Yalvaç, 29 km away.

Topography around Şarkîkaraağaç

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Şarkîkaraağaç has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 1,167 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,120 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Şarkîkaraağaç is covered by cropland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), cropland (28%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

cropland 73%

16 km

1,120 m

grassland 48%

80 km

2,681 m

grassland 43%

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

May weather nearby: Yalvaç 29 km · Akşehir 31 km · Eğirdir 51 km · Ilgın 53 km · Beyşehir 55 km · Çay 64 km · Senirkent 72 km · Bolvadin 76 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 Şarkîkaraağaç (38.0794°, 31.3664°, elevation 1,170 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	17	8
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	18	8
7	18	9
8	18	9
9	18	9
10	18	9
11	18	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	20	10
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	20	10
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	56	44
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	58	42
8	59	41
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	64	36
15	65	35
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	67	33
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	73	27
31	73	27

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	35
8	35
9	35
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	33
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	32
21	32
22	32
23	32
24	32
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	31
30	31
31	31

	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