Antalya weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Antalya is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with April and October close behind. Antalya averages about 3,075 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 42 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,075
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 829 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 1.3M
- Elevation
- 59 m
When is the best time to visit Antalya?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Antalya is May, then April and October. The dullest month is January (35/100, 182 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Antalya?
Antalya is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,075 hours of sunshine a year. 55 Sunshine Score points separate May (90) from January (35), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #11 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 55% of the annual 829 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 182 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
| February | 46 | 15° / 59°F | 6° / 43°F | 97 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| March | 78 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 69 mm | 4 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 87 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 55 mm | 6 | 20° / 68°F |
| May | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 42 mm | 7 | 23° / 73°F |
| June | 85 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 18 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 38 | 38° / 100°F | 24° / 75°F | 6 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| August | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 25° / 77°F | 5 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 74 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 25 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| October | 86 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 64 mm | 4 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 81 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 91 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| December | 47 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 175 mm | 2 | 20° / 68°F |
Sea temperature in Antalya by month
The sea off Antalya is warmest in August at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in February at 19°C / 66°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 7 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
- Denizli Türkiye · 138 km · best in Sep · 3,070 h sun/yr
- Alanya (Gazipaşa) Türkiye · 149 km · best in May · 2,876 h sun/yr
- Dalaman Türkiye · 180 km · best in Jun · 3,202 h sun/yr
- Konya Türkiye · 196 km · best in Jul · 3,034 h sun/yr
- Rhodes Greece · 248 km · best in Jul · 3,201 h sun/yr
- Bodrum Türkiye · 281 km · best in Jul · 3,195 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Isparta Türkiye · 113 km · 2,997 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Kastelorizo Greece · 138 km · 3,159 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Antalya compares month by month: Antalya vs Konya · Antalya vs Denizli · Antalya vs Alanya (Gazipaşa) · Antalya vs Hurghada · all comparisons
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