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Best time to visit Antalya

Turkey · 36.90°N 30.70°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Antalya is April to May and September to October, when mean temperatures run from 15 °C59 °F to 24 °C75 °F and rainfall stays below 60 mm2.4 in a month.

The rainy season runs December to February, and December to January is a true monsoon — 128–136 mm5.0–5.4 in a month, peaking in December at 136 mm5.4 in. July is the hottest month at 28 °C82 °F and January the coldest at 8 °C46 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 36.90, 30.70 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Antalya weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: April to May and September to October.

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▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
46°JAN1285.047°FEB1044.112°53°MAR722.815°59°APR401.620°67°MAY321.325°77°JUN160.628°82°JUL80.327°81°AUG80.324°74°SEP160.619°65°OCT562.213°55°NOV883.548°DEC1365.4
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Antalya's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January1285.0846monsoontoo cold
February1044.1947rainytoo cold
March722.81253showerstoo cold
April401.61559drygood
May321.32067drygood
June160.62577drytoo hot
July80.32882drytoo hot
August80.32781drytoo hot
September160.62474drygood
October562.21965drygood
November883.51355showerstoo cold
December1365.4948monsoontoo cold

When to go to Antalya, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersApril to May and September to October
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJune to August
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersJune to August
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonFebruary to March and November
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Antalya?

Yes. The rainy season runs December to February, and December to January is a true monsoon — 128–136 mm5.0–5.4 in a month, peaking in December at 136 mm5.4 in. Outside it, April to October is dry.

July is the hottest month at 28 °C82 °F and January the coldest at 8 °C46 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 704 mm28 in.

Where to go instead when Antalya doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Antalya doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.