Best time to go to, climate and weather Turkey
Everything you want to know about the weather, climate, time difference, vaccinations and best travel months for Turkey
Best time to visit and weather Turkey
Holiday Turkey
Best time to visit and weather Turkey
The best time to go to Turkey is from april until october, in which you have a pleasant till hot temperature and barely till little rainfall. The highest average temperature in Turkey is 33° in july and the lowest is 5° in january.
If you want to know what the average temperature is in Turkey or when most rain or snow falls, you can find it quickly below. That way you are well prepared.
| Max temp | Precipchance | Precip | Snow days | |
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| Jan | 5° | 66 mm | 5 | |
| Feb | 8° | 58 mm | 4 | |
| Mar | 13° | 56 mm | 3 | |
| Apr | 19° | 52 mm | 0 | |
| May | 24° | 66 mm | 0 | |
| Jun | 29° | 42 mm | 0 | |
| Jul | 33° | 7 mm | 0 | |
| Aug | 33° | 8 mm | 0 | |
| Sep | 28° | 15 mm | 0 | |
| Oct | 21° | 32 mm | 0 | |
| Nov | 15° | 30 mm | 0 | |
| Dec | 8° | 55 mm | 3 |
- No or hardly any rainfall
- Little rainfall
- Sometimes rainfall
- Regular rainfall
- Often rainfall
- Almost always rainfall
Want to know more about the climate of Turkey? Go to the full climate information about Turkey
Best travel months
What a nice travel month for someone is can vary per type of traveler. That is why we also have the best time to go to Turkey indicated per type of trip. Do you like warm or cold, sun or snow? Below you will immediately find the most suitable travel months for Turkey.
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Holiday Turkey
Hotels and apartments in Turkey
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Flight tickets to Turkey
Through our partners below you will find the cheapest flight tickets for Turkey. Click on a logo to go to the website or take a look on Skyscanner for the cheapeast flight tickets from all the airline companies.
Climate Turkey
Climate Turkey
In 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 20° degrees and there is 488 mm of rain in a year. It is dry for 205 days a year with an average humidity of 57% and an UV-index of 5.
Below you can find the average temperature, rainfall and the number of dry and sunny days for Ankara in Turkey per month.
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Average min °C |
MM rain |
Rain days |
Snow days |
Dry days |
Wind force in Bft |
Average UV-index |
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| Jan | 5° | -2° | 66 mm | 12 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Feb | 8° | 1° | 58 mm | 12 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| Mar | 13° | 4° | 56 mm | 15 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
| Apr | 19° | 10° | 52 mm | 14 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 |
| May | 24° | 15° | 66 mm | 17 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
| Jun | 29° | 19° | 42 mm | 13 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 7 |
| Jul | 33° | 23° | 7 mm | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 7 |
| Aug | 33° | 23° | 8 mm | 6 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 7 |
| Sep | 28° | 19° | 15 mm | 7 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5 |
| Oct | 21° | 13° | 32 mm | 10 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 |
| Nov | 15° | 6° | 30 mm | 7 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| Dec | 8° | 1° | 55 mm | 11 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 |
Climate per month
Weather in january
On average, it is maximum 5° in january in Turkey and at least around -2° degrees. In january there are 12 days of rainfall with a total of 66 mm. The it will be dry 14 days this month in Turkey and on average, it snows 5 days in january.
Weather in february
On average, it is maximum 8° in february in Turkey and at least around 1° degrees. In february there are 12 days of rainfall with a total of 58 mm. The it will be dry 12 days this month in Turkey and on average, it snows 4 days in february.
Weather in march
On average, it is maximum 13° in march in Turkey and at least around 4° degrees. In march there are 15 days of rainfall with a total of 56 mm. The it will be dry 13 days this month in Turkey and on average, it snows 3 days in march.
Weather in april
On average, it is maximum 19° in april in Turkey and at least around 10° degrees. In april there are 14 days of rainfall with a total of 52 mm and the it will be dry 16 days this month in Turkey.
Suitable month for: road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in may
On average, it is maximum 24° in may in Turkey and at least around 15° degrees. In may there are 17 days of rainfall with a total of 66 mm and the it will be dry 14 days this month in Turkey.
Suitable month for: road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in june
On average, it is maximum 29° in june in Turkey and at least around 19° degrees. In june there are 13 days of rainfall with a total of 42 mm and the it will be dry 17 days this month in Turkey.
Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in july
On average, it is maximum 33° in july in Turkey and at least around 23° degrees. In july there are 4 days of rainfall with a total of 7 mm and the it will be dry 27 days this month in Turkey.
Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in august
On average, it is maximum 33° in august in Turkey and at least around 23° degrees. In august there are 6 days of rainfall with a total of 8 mm and the it will be dry 25 days this month in Turkey.
Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in september
On average, it is maximum 28° in september in Turkey and at least around 19° degrees. In september there are 7 days of rainfall with a total of 15 mm and the it will be dry 23 days this month in Turkey.
Suitable month for: sun holiday • road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in october
On average, it is maximum 21° in october in Turkey and at least around 13° degrees. In october there are 10 days of rainfall with a total of 32 mm and the it will be dry 21 days this month in Turkey.
Suitable month for: road trip • walking and cycling holiday
Weather in november
On average, it is maximum 15° in november in Turkey and at least around 6° degrees. In november there are 7 days of rainfall with a total of 30 mm and the it will be dry 23 days this month in Turkey.
Weather in december
On average, it is maximum 8° in december in Turkey and at least around 1° degrees. In december there are 11 days of rainfall with a total of 55 mm. The it will be dry 17 days this month in Turkey and on average, it snows 3 days in december.
Weather statistics Turkey
Weather statistics Turkey
View all weather statistics from Turkey per month. In our graph you see the temperatures and the amount of rainfall on average in a given month. We also offer a comparison of the average temperatures and rainfall between Turkey and United Kingdom.
Weather forecast Turkey
About Turkey
Visum Turkey
Time difference Turkey
Vaccinations Turkey
Reisadvies
Currency Turkey
14 day weather forecast Turkey
The weather for Ankara in Turkey will be around 3° degrees in the next 14 days with a few days chance of light rain showers or a quite a few rain.
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| Max (°C) | 5° | 5° | 7° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 6° |
| Min (°C) | -1° | -1° | -1° | 0° | 4° | 1° | 0° |
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| Rainfall (%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 40% | 20% | 60% |
| Rainfall (mm) | 0mm | 0mm | 0mm | 0mm | 4.0mm | 1.6mm | 7.6mm |
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| Snowfall (cm) | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0.4cm |
| Snow cover (cm) | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm | 0cm |
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| UV-index | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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| Max (°C) | 5° | 1° | -3° | -3° | 2° | 3° | 5° |
| Min (°C) | 0° | -4° | -6° | -9° | -6° | -3° | -1° |
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| Rainfall (%) | 10% | 40% | 25% | 50% | 70% | 0% | 0% |
| Rainfall (mm) | 0.6mm | 1.3mm | 0.6mm | 1.7mm | 3.9mm | 0mm | 0mm |
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| Snowfall (cm) | 0cm | 1.4cm | 0.7cm | 2.0cm | 4.7cm | 0cm | 0cm |
| Snow cover (cm) | 0cm | 2cm | 3cm | 5cm | 9cm | 9cm | 9cm |
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| UV-index | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
About Turkey
Turkey is in the continental part Midden-Oosten and the capital is Ankara. It is 780.580 km² with 7.200 km of coastline and has a population of 80.810.525. 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 2.833 km distance from London. From London-Heathrow the flight time is about 4 hour and 25 min.
Visum Turkey
Als je naar Turkije gaat dan heb je een visum nodig. Je paspoort moet nog minimaal 150 dagen geldig zijn op de dag van aankomst. Je idkaart hoeft alleen minstens geldig te zijn voor de tijd dat je in Turkije bent.
Via TurkijeVisum.nl kun je makkelijk en snel je visum online aanvragen via o.a. iDeal of Paypal.
Time difference Turkey
In Turkey it is now 16:26 hour in the afternoon on sunday 20 january 2019. That is 3 hour later than in United Kingdom. The time zone of Turkey is Europe/Istanbul and the Greenwich time is UTC+03.
Vaccinations Turkey
Recommended vaccinations
- DTP (Difterie, Tetanus en Polio)
- Hepatitis A (besmettelijke geelzucht)
Person and travel related vaccinations
These vaccinations may differ per person and / or be advised on the basis of the stay in Turkey.
- Hepatitis B
- Rabiës
- Schistosomiasis
Reisadvies Turkey
Bron: Nederlandwereldwijd.nl - Rijksoverheid
De noodtoestand geldt niet meer vanaf 19 juli 2018.
Bekijk het actuele reisadvies voor Turkey op de site van de Rijksoverheid.
Currency Turkey
In Turkey the Turkse lira is used to pay.
Exchange rate Turkse lira op 20 january 2019
1 Turkse lira = € 0,15 euro
100 Turkse lira = € 14,55 euro
1 euro = 6,87 Turkse lira
100 euro = 687,32 Turkse lira
Install exchange rate app
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.
Bring your credit card
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
Download Android
Download Apple
MasterCard Nearby
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