Balıkesir weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Balıkesir is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with July and June close behind. Balıkesir averages about 2,636 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,636
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 637 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 26°C / 79°F
- Population
- 238k
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Balıkesir?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Balıkesir is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (19/100, 110 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. 75 Sunshine Score points separate August (94) from January (19), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #39 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 48% of the annual 637 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 110 mm | 1 | 16° / 61°F |
| February | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 5° / 41°F | 90 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| March | 49 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 58 mm | 3 | 15° / 59°F |
| April | 78 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 52 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| May | 89 | 25° / 77°F | 15° / 59°F | 29 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| June | 90 | 29° / 84°F | 19° / 66°F | 23 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 93 | 32° / 90°F | 21° / 70°F | 6 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| August | 94 | 32° / 90°F | 21° / 70°F | 4 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 24 mm | 6 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 83 | 22° / 72°F | 14° / 57°F | 60 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 60 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 76 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| December | 25 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 105 mm | 1 | 17° / 63°F |
Sea temperature in Balıkesir by month
The sea off Balıkesir is warmest in July at around 26°C / 79°F, and coolest in February at 14°C / 57°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 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
- Mytilene Greece · 65 km · best in Jul · 2,823 h sun/yr
- Izmir Türkiye · 141 km · best in Jun · 2,998 h sun/yr
- Samos Greece · 207 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
- Istanbul Türkiye · 241 km · best in Jul · 2,201 h sun/yr
- Bodrum Türkiye · 262 km · best in Jul · 3,195 h sun/yr
- Mykonos Greece · 276 km · best in Jul · 2,897 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Balıkesir Türkiye · 79 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Çanakkale Türkiye · 82 km · 2,654 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Chios Greece · 154 km · 3,045 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Limnos Greece · 157 km · 2,796 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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