Antakya weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Antakya is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with October and April close behind. Antakya averages about 3,038 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 37 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,038
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 615 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 399k
- Elevation
- 78 m
When is the best time to visit Antakya?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Antakya is May, then October and April. The dullest month is January (33/100, 101 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Antakya?
Antakya is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,038 hours of sunshine a year. 57 Sunshine Score points separate May (90) from January (33), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,990 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 48% of the annual 615 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 4° / 39°F | 101 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| February | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 88 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| March | 78 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 64 mm | 4 | 18° / 64°F |
| April | 88 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 47 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 37 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| June | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 19 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 6 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 57 | 36° / 97°F | 24° / 75°F | 11 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 83 | 33° / 91°F | 22° / 72°F | 29 mm | 7 | 30° / 86°F |
| October | 89 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 44 mm | 4 | 27° / 81°F |
| November | 86 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 62 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
| December | 39 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 107 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Antakya by month
The sea off Antakya is warmest in July at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 18°C / 64°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 8 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Adana Türkiye · 113 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
- Tarsus Türkiye · 123 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
- Gaziantep Türkiye · 125 km · best in May · 3,136 h sun/yr
- Şanlıurfa Türkiye · 262 km · best in May · 3,030 h sun/yr
- Kayseri Türkiye · 277 km · best in Jul · 3,050 h sun/yr
- Malatya Türkiye · 280 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Aleppo Syria · 87 km · 3,133 h sun/yr · best in May
- Latakia Syria · 111 km · 3,135 h sun/yr · best in May
- Kahramanmaraş Türkiye · 144 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Antakya compares month by month: Antakya vs Gaziantep · Antakya vs Adana · Antakya vs Tarsus · all comparisons
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