The best time to visit Turkey is from april until november, when you will have a soft till hot temperature and limited rainfall. The highest average temperature in Turkey is 35° in august and the lowest is 8° in january.
If you want to know what the average temperature is in Turkey or when most precipitation (rain or snow) falls, you can find an overview below. This way, you are well prepared. Our average monthly climate data is based on data from the past 10 years.
| Day max °C |
| MM rain |
| Snow days |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Day max °C |
8° | 11° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 31° | 35° | 28° | 22° | 17° | 9° |
| MM rain |
34 mm | 24 mm | 24 mm | 18 mm | 24 mm | 17 mm | 6 mm | 6 mm | 7 mm | 21 mm | 16 mm | 29 mm |
| Snow days |
7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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Turkey there are 6 types of climates prevailing, namely the hot semi-arid climate, humid subtropical climate, temperate oceanic climate, hot-summer mediterranean climate, warm-summer humid continental climate and subarctic climate. The average annual temperature for Turkey is 17° degrees and there is about 226 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 236 days a year with an average humidity of 58% and an UV-index of 4.
| Day max °C |
| Night min °C |
| MM rain |
| Rain days |
| Snow days |
| Dry days |
| Wind force in Bft |
| Average UV-index |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Day max °C |
8° | 11° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 31° | 35° | 28° | 22° | 17° | 9° |
| Night min °C |
-3° | -1° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 15° | 10° | 4° | 0° |
| MM rain |
34 mm | 24 mm | 24 mm | 18 mm | 24 mm | 17 mm | 6 mm | 6 mm | 7 mm | 21 mm | 16 mm | 29 mm |
| Rain days |
10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Snow days |
7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dry days |
14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 16 |
| Wind force in Bft |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Average UV-index |
2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
The weather for Ankara in Turkey will be 21° till 31° degrees in the next 14 days with a couple of days chance of light rain showers or even quite a bit of rain.
The weather forecast for Turkey is based on the weather in Ankara.
Sa 25 May |
Su 26 May |
Mo 27 May |
Tu 28 May |
We 29 May |
Th 30 May |
Fr 31 May | |
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| Max (°C) | 19° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 32° | 30° | 31° |
| Min (°C) | 12° | 10° | 10° | 12° | 16° | 17° | 17° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 5.6 mm |
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| Rainfall (%) | 55% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 0% |
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| UV-index | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
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Mo 3 Jun |
Tu 4 Jun |
We 5 Jun |
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| Max (°C) | 28° | 29° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 31° |
| Min (°C) | 16° | 16° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 17° |
| Rainfall (mm) | 1.3 mm |
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| Rainfall (%) | 20% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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| UV-index | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
Turkey is in the continental part Midden-Oosten and the capital is Ankara. The total surface is 780.580 km² with 7.200 km of coastline and the population consists of 80.810.525 inhabitants. In terms of area, the country is 3,5x as big as United Kingdom. If you want to call Turkey you have to use +90 or 0090 before the phone number without the first 0 in the original phone number (if it occurs). If the normal number is 05012457809, for example, you can remove the first 0 and call +905012457809 or 00905012457809.
Turkey is in a straight line at 3.060 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 4 hour and 45 min.
In Turkey it is now 12:33 o’clock in the afternoon on saturday 25 may 2019. That is 2 hour later than in United Kingdom. The time zone of Turkey is Europe/Istanbul and the Greenwich time is UTC+03.
In Turkey the Turkse lira is used to pay.
1 Turkse lira = € 0,15 euro
100 Turkse lira = € 14,55 euro
1 euro = 6,87 Turkse lira
100 euro = 687,32 Turkse lira
It can be difficult to calculate the exchange rate yourself. Install an app on your phone that updates the exchange rate daily. By entering the local price you immediately see what the price is in Euro.
Take a credit card along with your own bank card. If your bank card is not accepted then you have the credit card that you can use.
You can find the nearest ATM via various apps such as:
MasterCard ATM Hunter
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MasterCard Nearby
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These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Turkey.
