Balıkesir weather by month & the best time to visit

🇹🇷 Türkiye · regional city · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Balıkesir is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 89/100), with September and May close behind. Balıkesir averages about 2,636 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 31 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

2,636

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

89/100

Rain / year

592 mm

Snow / year

≈16 cm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

238k

Elevation

98 m

When is the best time to visit Balıkesir?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Balıkesir is June, then September and May. The dullest month is January (13/100, 91 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Balıkesir?

Balıkesir gets a lot of sun: around 2,636 hours a year. 76 Sunshine Score points separate June (89) from January (13), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #38 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,990 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 42% of the annual 592 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Mytilene Greece · 130 km · best in Jul · 2,823 h sun/yr
• Izmir Türkiye · 162 km · best in Jun · 2,998 h sun/yr
• Istanbul Türkiye · 196 km · best in Jul · 2,201 h sun/yr
• Samos Greece · 232 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
• Denizli Türkiye · 256 km · best in Sep · 3,070 h sun/yr
• Bodrum Türkiye · 265 km · best in Jul · 3,195 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Balıkesir Türkiye · 79 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Çanakkale Türkiye · 140 km · 2,654 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Bursa (Yenişehir) Türkiye · 156 km · 2,430 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Çorlu Türkiye · 169 km · 2,423 h sun/yr · best in Aug