Antakya climate

Name: Antakya
Address: TR

Antakya is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.0 °C. January is the wettest month (110 mm) and August the driest (1.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Antakya averages 626 mm of rain, 172 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 399,045 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 33 °C
Coldest month January 5.0 °C
Driest month August 2 mm
Wettest month January 110 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record July 43 °C
Coldest on record February -4.5 °C
Warmest sea August 29 °C

What to expectAntakya through the year

Antakya has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 19 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 172 days a year reach 25 °C, 103 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 110 mm against 2 mm in August — 71 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Antakya is warmest in August at 29 °C and coldest in March at 17 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.6 °C	110 mm	59 %
February	14.3 °C	103 mm	55 %
March	17.9 °C	85 mm	52 %
April	22.1 °C	52 mm	50 %
May	26.4 °C	31 mm	37 %
June	30.0 °C	8 mm	19 %
July	32.5 °C	2 mm	16 %
August	33.1 °C	2 mm	19 %
September	31.2 °C	18 mm	21 %
October	27.2 °C	43 mm	35 %
November	19.8 °C	64 mm	45 %
December	14.0 °C	109 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	12.6 °C	5.0 °C	8.6 °C	19.4 °C	-3.2 °C	0	0	2
February	14.3 °C	5.7 °C	9.9 °C	26.0 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	1
March	17.9 °C	8.6 °C	13.2 °C	30.7 °C	-0.8 °C	1	0	0
April	22.1 °C	11.9 °C	16.9 °C	36.1 °C	3.2 °C	7	1	0
May	26.4 °C	16.0 °C	21.1 °C	39.5 °C	11.0 °C	18	6	0
June	30.0 °C	19.6 °C	24.7 °C	41.4 °C	12.8 °C	29	14	0
July	32.5 °C	22.4 °C	27.1 °C	43.2 °C	18.0 °C	31	27	0
August	33.1 °C	23.2 °C	27.7 °C	42.5 °C	19.6 °C	31	29	0
September	31.2 °C	21.2 °C	25.7 °C	42.7 °C	15.2 °C	29	19	0
October	27.2 °C	17.5 °C	21.9 °C	36.6 °C	8.6 °C	23	7	0
November	19.8 °C	10.8 °C	15.0 °C	29.3 °C	0.2 °C	2	0	0
December	14.0 °C	6.5 °C	10.0 °C	25.4 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	110 mm	12	10.0 h/day	59 %	80 %	11 km/h	18.3 °C
February	103 mm	11	11 h/day	55 %	76 %	12 km/h	17.3 °C
March	85 mm	11	12 h/day	52 %	74 %	12 km/h	17.2 °C
April	52 mm	8	13 h/day	50 %	72 %	12 km/h	18.3 °C
May	31 mm	6	14 h/day	37 %	70 %	13 km/h	21.3 °C
June	8 mm	2	15 h/day	19 %	69 %	15 km/h	24.9 °C
July	2 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	69 %	16 km/h	27.4 °C
August	2 mm	0	14 h/day	19 %	70 %	15 km/h	28.6 °C
September	18 mm	3	12 h/day	21 %	69 %	13 km/h	28.3 °C
October	43 mm	6	11 h/day	35 %	67 %	10 km/h	26.1 °C
November	64 mm	7	10 h/day	45 %	70 %	9.6 km/h	22.9 °C
December	109 mm	11	9.7 h/day	57 %	78 %	9.8 km/h	20.2 °C

How Antakya compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Antakya	33 °C	5.0 °C	626 mm	172
İskenderun · Turkey	33 °C	7.6 °C	670 mm	169
Latakia · Syria	30 °C	8.8 °C	930 mm	147
Aleppo · Syria	36 °C	2.4 °C	300 mm	179
Osmaniye · Turkey	33 °C	3.3 °C	811 mm	164
Adana · Turkey	35 °C	4.0 °C	691 mm	175

Where Antakya ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	12th of 50	97/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in May	16th of 50	86/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in October	16th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	26th of 50	90/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	33rd of 50	87/100
Best beach destinations in the world in June	33rd of 50	97/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Antakya.

QuestionsCommon questions about Antakya’s climate

When is the best time to visit Antakya?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Antakya get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 103 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Antakya?

January, averaging 110 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is August with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 626 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Antakya rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 36.207°, 36.157° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.