Weather & Best Time to Visitin Antalya
A month-by-month guide to weather, crowds and seasonal conditions in Antalya, plus advice on choosing the best time for your trip.
Weather & seasons
When to visit Antalya
These figures are the Turkish State Meteorological Service's own long-run statistics for Antalya (mgm.gov.tr, measurement period shown as 1930–2025); they are means, not forecasts. The pattern is a dry, very sunny summer and a wet winter. July is the hottest month, with an average high of 34.2°C, an average low of 22.9°C, about 11.7 hours of sunshine a day and almost no rain, and the station has recorded 45.0°C. December is the wettest month on average (250.9 mm over 11.9 rainy days), followed by January (225.5 mm) and February (148.1 mm). Frost is rare but has occurred: the lowest recorded temperature is −4.6°C in February, and the greatest recorded snow cover is 5 cm, on 7 January 1993. The highest daily rainfall on record is 331.5 mm, on 17 January 1969, and the fastest recorded daily wind is 43.2 m/s, on 22 January 1998. Sea temperatures were not retrievable and are not stated.
Best time
The Turkish State Meteorological Service's long-run statistics for Antalya (data range 1930–2025) show a hot, almost rainless summer and a mild, wet winter. July and August average daily highs of 34.2°C and 34.1°C, the station has recorded 45.0°C in July, and each of those months averages about half a rainy day and under 5 mm of rain. June (average high 30.8°C) and September (31.2°C) are already hot. April, May and October are the months where average highs sit between 21.4°C and 26.6°C and rain is well below winter levels: 6.4, 5.2 and 5.4 rainy days, against 12.4 in January and 11.9 in December. Winter is mild rather than cold, with average highs of 15.0–16.7°C from December to February, but it is the wet season: December averages 250.9 mm and January 225.5 mm. Sunshine falls from 11.7 hours a day in July to 4.8 in December. Two seasonal limits are officially sourced: the municipal Lara public beach lists an operating season of 15 May to 30 September, and the UK FCDO warns that wildfires happen frequently in Turkey in summer, with a high risk from April to October. Sea temperatures could not be retrieved from a primary source and are not stated.
January
Average high 15.0°C, low 6.1°C (mean 10.1°C)
12.4 rainy days on average and 225.5 mm; 4.9 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 23.9°C, record low −4.3°C. The station's greatest recorded snow cover, 5 cm, was on 7 January 1993.
February
Average high 15.6°C, low 6.4°C (mean 10.7°C)
10.4 rainy days and 148.1 mm; 5.7 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 26.7°C. Record low −4.6°C, the lowest of any month.
March
Average high 18.0°C, low 8.1°C (mean 12.9°C)
8.5 rainy days and 90.8 mm; 6.7 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 29.4°C, record low −1.6°C.
April
Average high 21.4°C, low 11.3°C (mean 16.4°C)
6.4 rainy days and 48.5 mm; 7.9 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 36.4°C, record low 1.4°C.
May
Average high 25.7°C, low 15.3°C (mean 20.7°C)
5.2 rainy days and 33.3 mm; 9.7 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 41.7°C, record low 6.7°C. The public Lara beach's listed season begins on 15 May.
June
Average high 30.8°C, low 19.7°C (mean 25.4°C)
2.5 rainy days and 10.7 mm; 11.1 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 44.8°C, record low 11.1°C.
July
Average high 34.2°C, low 22.9°C (mean 28.6°C)
0.54 rainy days and 4.7 mm; 11.7 hours of sunshine a day, the most of any month
Hottest month on average. Record high 45.0°C, the station's all-time maximum; record low 14.8°C.
August
Average high 34.1°C, low 22.9°C (mean 28.5°C)
0.55 rainy days and 4.3 mm, the least rain of any month; 11.1 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 44.6°C, record low 13.6°C.
September
Average high 31.2°C, low 19.6°C (mean 25.3°C)
1.7 rainy days and 16.7 mm; 9.7 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 42.5°C, record low 10.3°C. The public Lara beach's listed season ends on 30 September.
October
Average high 26.6°C, low 15.4°C (mean 20.6°C)
5.4 rainy days and 70.6 mm; 7.8 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 41.2°C, record low 4.9°C.
November
Average high 21.4°C, low 10.9°C (mean 15.6°C)
7.5 rainy days and 127.7 mm; 6.3 hours of sunshine a day
Record high 33.0°C, record low 0.0°C.
December
Average high 16.7°C, low 7.7°C (mean 11.7°C)
11.9 rainy days and 250.9 mm, the wettest month on average; 4.8 hours of sunshine a day, the fewest of any month
Record high 25.4°C, record low −1.9°C.
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