Çanakkale weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Çanakkale is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with July and June close behind. Çanakkale averages about 2,654 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,654
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 615 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 25°C / 77°F
- Population
- 144k
- Elevation
- 5 m
When is the best time to visit Çanakkale?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Çanakkale is August, then July and June. The dullest month is January (19/100, 95 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Çanakkale?
Çanakkale gets a lot of sun: around 2,654 hours a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate August (93) from January (19), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #36 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 43% of the annual 615 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 95 mm | 1 | 16° / 61°F |
| February | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 76 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| March | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 8° / 46°F | 56 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| April | 71 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 48 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 89 | 23° / 73°F | 15° / 59°F | 31 mm | 7 | 17° / 63°F |
| June | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 27 mm | 8 | 21° / 70°F |
| July | 92 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 13 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| August | 93 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 6 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 89 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 28 mm | 6 | 24° / 75°F |
| October | 83 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 64 mm | 3 | 21° / 70°F |
| November | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 11° / 52°F | 75 mm | 2 | 17° / 63°F |
| December | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 96 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
Sea temperature in Çanakkale by month
The sea off Çanakkale is warmest in August at around 25°C / 77°F, and coolest in February at 12°C / 54°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 · 121 km · best in Jul · 2,823 h sun/yr
- Izmir Türkiye · 215 km · best in Jun · 2,998 h sun/yr
- Istanbul Türkiye · 232 km · best in Jul · 2,201 h sun/yr
- Skiathos Greece · 272 km · best in Aug · 2,524 h sun/yr
- Samos Greece · 275 km · best in Jul · 3,081 h sun/yr
- Burgas Bulgaria · 285 km · best in Aug · 2,238 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Balıkesir Türkiye · 82 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Alexandroupoli Greece · 89 km · 2,685 h sun/yr · best in May
- Limnos Greece · 104 km · 2,796 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Balıkesir Türkiye · 140 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Çorlu Türkiye · 168 km · 2,423 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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