Bağcılar climate

Name: Bağcılar
Address: TR

Bağcılar is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 3.6 °C. December is the wettest month (98 mm) and July the driest (20 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bağcılar averages 677 mm of rain, 78 days above 25 °C and 10 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 740,069 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month February 3.6 °C
Driest month July 20 mm
Wettest month December 98 mm
Least cloud July 19 % cloud
Hottest on record July 35 °C
Coldest on record January -8.3 °C
Warmest sea August 24 °C

What to expectBağcılar through the year

Bağcılar has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.3 °C in February to 27 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 78 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 10 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 98 mm against 20 mm in July — 5.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Bağcılar is warmest in August at 24 °C and coldest in February at 8.0 °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	7.8 °C	85 mm	67 %
February	8.3 °C	71 mm	64 %
March	10.5 °C	72 mm	59 %
April	14.6 °C	47 mm	53 %
May	19.6 °C	36 mm	45 %
June	24.5 °C	34 mm	30 %
July	27.2 °C	20 mm	19 %
August	27.5 °C	20 mm	21 %
September	23.7 °C	45 mm	33 %
October	18.7 °C	78 mm	51 %
November	13.9 °C	72 mm	60 %
December	9.7 °C	98 mm	67 %

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	7.8 °C	3.6 °C	5.7 °C	17.3 °C	-8.3 °C	0	0	4
February	8.3 °C	3.6 °C	6.0 °C	18.3 °C	-7.3 °C	0	0	4
March	10.5 °C	5.0 °C	7.8 °C	21.6 °C	-4.5 °C	0	0	1
April	14.6 °C	8.2 °C	11.4 °C	26.8 °C	1.0 °C	0	0	0
May	19.6 °C	13.1 °C	16.3 °C	30.1 °C	4.5 °C	1	0	0
June	24.5 °C	17.8 °C	21.2 °C	34.8 °C	11.3 °C	13	1	0
July	27.2 °C	20.5 °C	23.8 °C	35.2 °C	15.4 °C	26	3	0
August	27.5 °C	21.3 °C	24.1 °C	34.4 °C	15.8 °C	27	4	0
September	23.7 °C	17.9 °C	20.6 °C	34.6 °C	11.4 °C	10	0	0
October	18.7 °C	13.9 °C	16.2 °C	30.9 °C	5.3 °C	1	0	0
November	13.9 °C	9.4 °C	11.7 °C	23.1 °C	0.2 °C	0	0	0
December	9.7 °C	5.8 °C	7.8 °C	20.9 °C	-2.3 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	85 mm	12	9.6 h/day	67 %	79 %	23 km/h	8.9 °C
February	71 mm	11	11 h/day	64 %	77 %	23 km/h	8.0 °C
March	72 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	76 %	22 km/h	8.7 °C
April	47 mm	8	13 h/day	53 %	76 %	20 km/h	11.3 °C
May	36 mm	6	14 h/day	45 %	76 %	19 km/h	16.0 °C
June	34 mm	6	15 h/day	30 %	73 %	19 km/h	20.9 °C
July	20 mm	3	15 h/day	19 %	70 %	21 km/h	23.4 °C
August	20 mm	3	14 h/day	21 %	70 %	23 km/h	24.2 °C
September	45 mm	6	12 h/day	33 %	70 %	21 km/h	22.4 °C
October	78 mm	8	11 h/day	51 %	76 %	21 km/h	19.1 °C
November	72 mm	9	9.9 h/day	60 %	77 %	21 km/h	15.1 °C
December	98 mm	13	9.2 h/day	67 %	78 %	23 km/h	11.5 °C

How Bağcılar 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
Bağcılar	27 °C	3.6 °C	677 mm	78
Istanbul · Turkey	28 °C	4.0 °C	677 mm	85
Esenyurt · Turkey	27 °C	3.7 °C	635 mm	76
Arnavutköy · Turkey	28 °C	2.7 °C	658 mm	86
Gebze · Turkey	28 °C	2.1 °C	684 mm	83
Çorlu · Turkey	29 °C	0.8 °C	584 mm	101
İzmit · Turkey	28 °C	1.4 °C	919 mm	104

Where Bağcılar ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	2ndof 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in August	8thof 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in June	18thof 50	91/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bağcılar’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bağcılar?

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

How hot does Bağcılar get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.6 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 10 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bağcılar?

December, averaging 98 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is July with 20 mm. The year as a whole averages 677 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 Bağcılar 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
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.